February 22, 2022 Charts: Copper project pantry bare from 2025 BofA sees long-term copper supply challenged amid a lack of development.
February 20, 2022 Mitsubishi Materials, Freeport Indonesia expand copper smelter capacity The expansion will increase output capacity at the plant to 342,000 tonnes of copper cathode from 300,000 tonnes currently.
February 18, 2022 Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
February 18, 2022 Coal India warns it may need to cut output without a price hike While coal reserves at power plants have risen from a low in September, they are still only about a third of an April 2020 high.
February 18, 2022 Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries.
February 17, 2022 LME warehousers slash capacity as metal stocks drain away Exchange stocks have been draining away as pandemic demand recovery collides with disrupted supply chains across the base metals spectrum.
February 16, 2022 RANKED: World’s top 10 copper mining projects – 2022 Copper is a metal vital to the green energy transition.
February 16, 2022 Largest and most valuable blue diamond to come to auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong The more than 15-carat De Beers Cullinan Blue diamond was mined in 2021 at South Africa's Cullinan mine.
February 16, 2022 China scientists discover huge lithium deposit in Everest region The hard-rock resource has the potential to host the third-biggest mine of its kind in China, according to ScienceNet.cn.
February 16, 2022 ‘Endangered metals’ no longer needed to produce hydrogen from water Japanese scientists found a way to use cobalt and manganese to produce hydrogen for fuel cells and agricultural fertilizers.
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm