Congo’s cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners
The state cobalt buyer will put in place a price floor of $30,000 a tonne for the cobalt it buys from artisanal miners.
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Home: Global metals trading impetus shifting from east to west
The world of metals trading is becoming increasingly multi-polar, reflecting the rise of China's futures markets over the last decade.
Jiangxi Copper to invest $1.8bn in making foil for batteries
Company plans to start producing copper foil by end of 2023.
Freeport Indonesia cancels Tsingshan copper smelter plans
Instead, Freeport Indonesia will go ahead with plans to build a new smelter near its existing copper refining operations in Gresik, East Java.
Newmont to advance Ahafo North project in Ghana
The project will add more than three million ounces of gold production over an initial 13-year mine life.
Redox flow battery market expected to become multi-billion by 2031 – report
IDTechEx paints an optimistic picture of what the redox flow battery market may look like in the next decade.
GRAPHIC: Metals recycling to be a key plank for cutting emissions
Analysts at Wood Mackenzie estimate an additional 360 million tonnes of aluminum, 90 million tonnes of copper and 30 million tonnes of nickel will be needed over the next 20 years.
Whitehaven Coal expects govt to decide by Aug 30 on controversial mine expansion
A court ruled in May that climate change factors must be considered in the decision about the Vickery coal mine expansion.
First Cobalt advancing work at refinery, hydromet plant
The project is on schedule for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2022.
