January 14, 2022 Iron ore price down on demand uncertainties China’s iron ore imports dropped in 2021, down 4.3% from the previous year’s record annual high, as steel production curbs dented demand.
January 13, 2022 China 2021 copper imports slip after previous year’s record high Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year totalled 5.53 million tonnes, down 17.2% from 2020's record volume of 6.68 million tonnes.
January 13, 2022 China 2021 iron ore imports retreat from record on steel curbs Steel production curbs imposed to combat pollution dented demand and pulled prices of the key steelmaking material off historical highs.
January 13, 2022 RANKED: Top 20 EVs of 2021 – costs jump as lithium, cobalt, nickel prices surge Ranking of world’s 20 best selling electric cars and their battery metals show automakers grappling with soaring raw material prices.
January 13, 2022 China hurt most by Indonesia’s move to keep nickel at home Indonesia has played a key role in global markets as a bulk materials supplier, but President Joko Widodo has pledged to eventually stop exports of all raw commodities to turn…
January 12, 2022 WATCH: BlackRock says boom could last decades as copper price tops $10,000 “We’ve got decades worth of high rates of investment into infrastructure as the world seeks to decarbonize. That’s a widely held consensual view."
January 12, 2022 Nickel price storms to 10-year peak on supply worries Nickel was the top performer among industrial metals, which also rallied as worries eased about economic growth in top metals consumer China.
January 12, 2022 EV industry moving in right direction to close gap with internal combustion engines – report According to IDTechEx, electrification is inevitable as is the EV industry’s focus on environmentally friendlier materials and supply chains, and safer products.
January 12, 2022 Supply squeeze risks are pushing lithium price higher and higher Lithium has burst into 2022 with a fresh price spike that hands electric-vehicle makers more warning of even sharper cost pressures to come.
January 11, 2022 Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.
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