January 20, 2022

Metals rally heats up as nickel price hits $24,000 on supply snarls

The nickel market had reached its tightest since 2007 earlier this week after a plunge in exchange stockpiles.

January 19, 2022

Powerful clouds of methane spotted over Chinese coal mines

Like many other countries, including the US and Canada, China doesn’t always require companies to report when they release methane.

January 19, 2022

Iron ore price back above $130 as China pledges support

Iron ore led gains among industrial metals as China vows to use more monetary policy tools to spur the economy.

January 19, 2022

Copper price rises on stimulus hopes in China

The Chinese central bank cut its policy interest rate for the first time in almost two years, signaling the beginning of an easing cycle.

January 18, 2022

Iron ore price recovers despite economic weakness in China

Around 50 steelmakers have announced maintenance plans near the coming Lunar New Year holidays.

January 18, 2022

Nickel market caught up in fresh squeeze

The turmoil is the latest example of acute supply stress in global metals markets, and represents the third time in 12 months that the LME has stepped in to increase…

January 18, 2022

China’s record coal spree seen preventing any new energy crunch

The nation now has sufficient fuel supply to meet “reasonable domestic demand,” the county’s top economic planning agency said.

January 18, 2022

Allkem sees China driving lithium demand

Lithium prices are set to surge again in the June half, spurred by a jump in China's production of electric vehicle batteries.

January 18, 2022

Newly discovered ‘strange metal’ could be key to lossless power grids, quantum computers

Researchers found strange metal behaviour in a material in which electrical charge is not carried by electrons.

January 17, 2022

Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh

The Future Minerals Forum recently heard Saudi Arabia is looking to invest its massive capital potential to not only develop its industry, from exploration to downstream battery metal processing.