The trouble with lithiumDemand has outstripped supply, pushing prices up almost 500% in a year.Bloomberg News | May 25, 2022 | 4:14 pm
Copper market needs more than China’s covid stimulus measuresChinese demand for property is in the deep freeze.Bloomberg News | May 25, 2022 | 8:55 am
Copper price dips as investors fear economic slowdown"Recent consumption run rates imply copper and aluminum shifted into…MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 24, 2022 | 9:59 am
Aluminum price rises on low supply as base metals end fear-filled week “Overall in the short term, industrial metals will still remain under heavy pressure,” said the ING Bank. Bloomberg News | May 13, 2022 | 8:20 am
Copper price hits 8-month low on slowdown fears "Demand hopes have given way to demand concerns," said Commerzbank analyst Daniel Briesemann. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 12, 2022 | 8:30 am
Cobalt tops Critical Materials Risk Index In addition to ESG risks linked to its extraction, cobalt is at the top of the list because only two countries are in charge of producing and refining the battery metal. Staff Writer | May 12, 2022 | 5:05 am
Covid-19 outbreak hobbles Chinese demand for cobalt, nickel, lithium Parts of the new-energy sector concentrated in the Yangtze Delta and southeastern China had been affected severely. Reuters | May 11, 2022 | 1:06 pm
Copper price recovers as China covid cases ease Shanghai said half the city had achieved “zero-COVID” status, but uncompromising restrictions had to remain in place under a national policy. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 11, 2022 | 9:16 am
Chinese miners and battery makers team up in rush for lithium “Much of the new developments involve smaller players in China looking to secure resource supply overseas," BloombergNEF analyst says. Bloomberg News | May 10, 2022 | 9:53 am
Iron ore price at near 4-month low on interest rate, demand concerns The US Federal Reserve approved a half-a-point interest rate hike, leading to a significant decline in commodities prices denominated in US dollars. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 10, 2022 | 9:09 am
Column: Bear funds flex muscles on copper as macro outlook darkens Hedge funds are turning increasingly bearish on the copper market, writes Andy Home. Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:54 am
Demand headwinds push aluminum price to five-month low Worries about output cuts in Europe because of high power costs are expected to provide some support. Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:31 am