June 25, 2024

Column: Copper stocks surge offers little relief for CME shorts

Rising global exchange stocks of copper have damped bullish spirits.

June 24, 2024

Ganfeng sues Mexico over lithium permit cancellation

The Chinese lithium giant and two of its subsidiaries filed for arbitration at the World Bank's centre for investment disputes.

June 23, 2024

Lithium’s ongoing slump has traders searching for recovery signs

Spot prices of lithium carbonate in China have slid to the lowest since August 2021.

June 23, 2024

Hedge funds’ bullish copper bets run into China’s slowdown

Without western investors buying, all eyes are back on China, and a copper market that several industry insiders say is still the weakest they’ve ever seen it.

June 23, 2024

Tesla, Yahua ink three-year lithium carbonate supply deal

Currently, there is an existing contract signed for Yahua to supply 63,000 to 88,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide to Tesla from 2021-2025.

June 21, 2024

Copper price slides from record on Chinese stockpiles

High prices also weakened manufacturing demand and may see China switch out copper for aluminum.

June 21, 2024

Tianqi weighs legal actions after Chile regulator clears SQM-Codelco deal

Chile's financial regulator allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders.

June 21, 2024

China Baowu completes purchases of stake at Simandou project

The Chinese steel mill bought an undisclosed stake from Winning Consortium Simandou, which owns the two northern blocks of the project.

June 20, 2024

Mining M&A stokes coal race against cleaner power

Many banks, insurers and investors have backpedalled from or abandoned the carbon-belching fossil fuel.

June 20, 2024

China turns to cast-off copper in battle to feed hungry smelters

China has ramped up imports of copper scrap as smelters seek alternative raw materials to offset tight supplies of mined ore.