December 9, 2022 Pakistan closer to letting Barrick Gold proceed with $7bn project The copper-gold mine would be one of the largest foreign investments in Pakistan and one of Barrick’s key projects for this decade.
December 9, 2022 Researchers create thick graphite films for clean energy technologies Korean researchers are proposing a strategy to synthesize single-crystalline graphite films orders of magnitude large, up to inch scale.
December 8, 2022 Trafigura posts record $7 billion profit in blowout year Earnings more than doubled in the 12 months through September, Trafigura said.
December 8, 2022 Column: Copper mine supply wave arrives but will it be the last? Copper's problem is the lack of visibility on where the next wave is coming from.
December 8, 2022 Low-cost, high-capacity sodium-sulphur battery expected to be gamechanger for clean energy economy A new sodium-sulphur battery exhibits super-high capacity and ultra-long life at room temperature.
December 7, 2022 Gold price hits record in Pakistan as economic woes spur buying frenzy Gold demand in Pakistan jumped 34% to 13 tons between July and September from a year earlier, according to data from the World Gold Council.
December 7, 2022 Rio Tinto plays chancy round of Mongolian roulette December 9 is shaping up to be a big day for Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm.
December 7, 2022 Mongolian PM meets with protesters over millions in missing coal People have been demonstrating since Sunday in the capital Ulaanbaatar to protest reports that 385,000 tons of coal were missing from stockpiles at the border with China.
December 7, 2022 Glencore asks Russian court to halt Sberbank’s 117m euro claim, move hearings to Singapore Russia's largest lender is seeking to recover debt and penalties from Glencore Energy UK Ltd over two agreements.
December 7, 2022 Red-hot lithium price rally cools as China’s BYD flags surplus The battery material in China has continued to retreat from the all-time high hit last month as signs of demand weakness weigh on the market.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
