March 21, 2022

China tells EV battery chain it wants ‘rational’ lithium prices

Lithium has soared nearly 500% in the past year.

March 21, 2022

Chinese electric carmaker calls battery price hikes ‘ridiculous’

Car manufacturers are trying to lure more customers just as government subsidies for cleaner vehicles fall away.

March 21, 2022

China orders power firms to replenish coal as prices remain high

China is requiring miners to offer 80% of their production through long-term contracts at prices capped by a government-set benchmark.

March 21, 2022

Copper, gold, silver key to making carbon capture efforts succeed – study

Chemists at Tsinghua University have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a reaction whose performance will be essential if…

March 20, 2022

Climate impact from China’s coal push visible from space

China’s increased reliance on coal to combat an energy shortage was never going to bode well for its ambitions to cut planet-warming emissions.

March 18, 2022

Nickel price drops 12% in another glitchy start to London trading

Electronic trading stalled again Friday after a short flurry of deals when the market opened.

March 18, 2022

Zijin Mining reports record annual profit for second-year in a row

The miner's revenue jumped 31.25% on an annual basis.

March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.

March 17, 2022

Nickel price plunges as traders fume over latest London Metals mayhem

Nickel fell by the maximum allowed for a second day as the market seeks to reset from last week’s historic short squeeze.

March 16, 2022

Australia unveils $360m in critical minerals funding to offset China dominance

Projects to be funded include the second rare earth separation plant to be built outside China, a battery material refinery and a vanadium processing plant.