October 14, 2021 Turquoise Hill stock crushed after Oyu Tolgoi funding gap swells by $1.2 billion Rio-owned TRQ says underground expansion funding requirement increases to $3.6bn and open pit metal production delayed beyond 2024.
October 14, 2021 Coal India temporarily stops supplies to industrial users The move to prioritize supplies to power plants is aimed at helping boost depleted inventories that are putting continued operations at risk.
October 14, 2021 Market value of on-road fuel cell vehicles to grow to $160bn by 2042 — report A report by IDTechEx states that major automotive markets are planning for the significant deployment of fuel cell vehicles.
October 12, 2021 Saudi mining plan gets $3 billion EV boost from Australian firm EV Metals Group Plc’s spending will be on building plants to process minerals including lithium and nickel, and later expand into exploring.
October 11, 2021 International Nickel Study Group forecasts rising nickel demand in 2022 Exports of unprocessed nickel ore from Indonesia, the world’s top nickel miner, ceased in January 2020, due to a government-imposed ban.
October 11, 2021 World’s top copper projects by capex — report Global copper mine production is set to expand by 7.8% y-o-y in 2021 as a result of multiple new projects coming online, says Fitch.
October 8, 2021 US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain – report The United States has moved up on BloombergNEF's Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking.
October 7, 2021 Coal industry is getting ample funding to pile into new plants Less than 5% of the firms on the Global Coal Exit List have announced a coal exit date, according to a report.
October 7, 2021 Nickel: the mined commodity most exposed to biodiversity risks — report According to Verisk Maplecroft, nickel is exposed to biodiversity risks because some of the largest nickel operations are located in Indonesia, New Caledonia and the Philippines.
October 5, 2021 Gold production from top miners to recover in H2 — report The collective production of the top 10 global gold producers is expected to recover by around 13.5% in H2 2021, according to GlobalData.
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