March 28, 2023

Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs

Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from CATL for a $3.5 billion plant it’s building in Michigan.

March 28, 2023

Researchers closer to understanding how orogenic gold belts are formed

Chinese scientists are proposing the idea that lithospheric crust-mantle decoupling could be related to the formation of orogenic gold deposits.

March 27, 2023

Column: Funds dump copper amid financial market turbulence

The investment community has turned net short of CME copper for the first time in five months, while funds have cut their long exposure on the London Metal Exchange.

March 27, 2023

BHP to trial carbon capture with Chinese steel firm HBIS

Project will develop and test technologies that can be integrated into steel production processes to cut CO2 emissions.

March 24, 2023

Graphic: The impact of vehicle sizes on mineral demand in the EV market

While a Tata Motors Tiago battery contains only 1.1kg of LCE, a Tesla Semi truck requires over 500kg of it to operate.

March 24, 2023

Column: China’s current iron ore strength may be as good as it gets for 2023

The risks to the bullish drivers of the spot iron ore price are rising as the market starts to question the nature and strength of China's economic recovery.

March 24, 2023

China Minmetals chairman sees broad scope to co-operate with Rio Tinto

Weng Zuliang expressed hope for both sides to promote and deepen pragmatic cooperation in iron ore trading.

March 23, 2023

Nickel price slumps as global production soars

Production from top supplier Indonesia jumped 41% in January, compared to last year.

March 23, 2023

Chinese lithium price dives in heated auto price war

China's lithium prices are plunging faster than expected this year, down 34% in the last four weeks alone.

March 23, 2023

Copper price back above $9,000 on weaker dollar

China's refined copper production in the first two months of 2023 rose 10.6%.