August 5, 2022

EV sales expected to surpass 2021’s figures despite supply chain disruptions – report

IDTechEx expects the electric car market to surpass 2021 sales of ~6.4 million, as sales for the first half of the year have already reached 3.5 million.

August 4, 2022

Gold price hits one-month high on rising US-China tensions

Bullion rose even after Federal Reserve officials pledged the central bank would continue an aggressive fight to cool soaring inflation.

August 4, 2022

Copper worth nearly half a billion dollars goes missing in China

A group of companies is investigating why a commodities storage site is holding only one-third of the copper concentrate they were financing.

August 3, 2022

Iron ore price falls as property crisis threatens to drag down steel industry

Almost a third of China’s steel mills could go into bankruptcy in a squeeze that’s likely to last five years, said the chairman of Hebei Jingye Steel Group.

August 2, 2022

Pelosi’s Taiwan trip spurs Chinese battery giant to pause plant debut

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, has been considering at least two locations in Mexico near the Texas border.

August 2, 2022

Copper price falls as Taiwan tensions spark risk-off selling

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday evening in defiance of Chinese threats.

August 2, 2022

Column: China steps up copper imports despite renewed slowdown

China's micro indicators all suggest the country is running short of copper right now, writes Andy Home.

August 2, 2022

Glencore is cashing in on coal to dodge big mining’s slowdown

Analysts are forecasting record profits and returns when Glencore reports on Thursday.

August 1, 2022

Globally more is being spent on coal than copper mining

New report shows growing disconnect between rhetoric on energy transition, which requires exponential growth in copper mining, and the realities of going green.

August 1, 2022

Tesla inks battery materials deals with two China suppliers

The announcements come as major automakers look to scoop up battery metals in the face of a looming shortage.