December 9, 2021 Tsingshan starts producing EV battery raw material nickel matte in Indonesia In the past two weeks, two other Chinese companies have both announced plans to produce 40,000 tonnes per year of matte in Indonesia.
December 8, 2021 Gold demand in India seen best in a decade in festival quarter India consumed 446.4 tons of gold in 2020 and purchases were about 360 tons in the first nine months of this year, WGC data shows.
December 7, 2021 AIA sells out of almost $10 billion of coal investments The insurer completed the entire sale of directly-managed equity and fixed income portfolios in October, seven years ahead of its original target.
December 7, 2021 RANKED: World’s 10 biggest underground mines by tonnes of ore milled The ore that contains sufficient valuable mineral to be treated by milling process is what ends up going into the processing plant compared to run of mine ore production.
December 7, 2021 Erdene gains key environment nod, begins early work at Bayan Khundii in Mongolia A formal construction decision is expected in early 2022.
December 7, 2021 Researchers develop covid-killing stainless steel The newly-developed alloy can inactivate 99.75% of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within three hours and 99.99% within six hours.
December 2, 2021 China’s Chengtun to invest $245m in Indonesian nickel matte project The venture, known as PT ChengMach Nickel, will produce 40,000 tonnes per year of nickel matte.
December 2, 2021 Astronomers find new clues on the origin of gold Black holes orbited by accretion disks may be involved in the creation of gold.
December 1, 2021 A new commodity squeeze could soon rival lumber’s recent historic shortage Tin is in the grips of one of the longest-running squeezes ever seen in commodities markets, and there’s little sign of it letting up.
December 1, 2021 Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.
Silver price falls from record as US holds off on critical minerals tariff Spot price of the metal fell as much as 7% on Thursday morning from its all-time high of $93.75 per ounce. January 15, 2026 | 08:45 am
