April 25, 2022 Column: Bears tip-toe back into copper market as demand fears grow Copper has spent the last few weeks hanging in suspended animation, writes Andy Home.
April 22, 2022 Copper price down on China’s covid-19 worries China's zero tolerance approach to covid has seen banks slash their growth forecasts for the country.
April 22, 2022 ‘Mr. Lithium’ warns there’s not enough battery metal to go around Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace chips as the new bottleneck for the auto industry, writes Gabrielle Coppola.
April 21, 2022 Musk wants more lithium for EVs but very few places have it Elon Musk wants more lithium, but only a handful of countries can supply the material key to the electrification of transportation, at least for now.
April 21, 2022 China confirms it will build extra coal mine capacity this year China’s cabinet has confirmed that the addition of an extra 300 million tonnes of coal mining capacity will happen this year.
April 21, 2022 Copper price up as miners report sliding production Prices rose after a spate of production problems that threaten to cut supply, including a state of emergency in Peru.
April 20, 2022 Zijin invests in Xanadu to ink copper-gold resources in Mongolia Zijin aims to take a 45.9% stake in Mongolia's Kharmagtai copper and gold mine.
April 20, 2022 Lithium prices pause in April, but not a sign of “wider market correction” Lithium prices took a breather during the first half of April as lockdowns in China make trading difficult, but the lull is unlikely to last, says Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
April 20, 2022 China buys cheap Russian coking coal as world shuns Moscow China more than doubled imports of steel-making coal from Russia in March.
April 19, 2022 Iron ore price retreats as China vows to cut steel output in 2022 China will reduce crude steel output this year, after slashing production in 2021 in line with its goal to control carbon emissions.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
