December 2, 2021 Chinese embassy calls upon citizens to leave three provinces in the DRC An attack on November 24 against an artisanal gold mine in Ituri province left four people dead, including two Chinese nationals.
December 1, 2021 Copper price stable as omicron concerns ease The European Union drug regulator said on Tuesday existing covid-19 vaccines would provide protection against omicron, calming markets.
December 1, 2021 Iron ore price up on supply concerns in China Some border cities in China's Inner Mongolia region and Heilongjiang province have halted non-container imports by rail for commodities including iron ore.
December 1, 2021 Battery pack prices fall but commodity boom may drive them back up – report BloombergNEF data show that lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 6% from 2020 to 2021 but rising commodity prices are putting pressure on the industry.
December 1, 2021 Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.
November 30, 2021 Dalian iron ore price up on restocking demand "China's steel demand is now bottoming out," said CreditSights in a note.
November 30, 2021 Copper price down on omicron uncertainty "While the severity of the new variant remains a big uncertainty, it casts a shadow over demand growth in the near future and further complicates the supply chain," said ING.
November 30, 2021 Why OEMs are upping battery recycling capacity – report According to IDTechEx, OEMs’ growing interest in battery recycling means that 12 million tonnes of li-ion batteries will be recycled by 2042.
November 30, 2021 Palladium ETF tops $100m in AUM for the first time Institutional investors and the wealth management allocations bolster Nornickel's Global Palladium Fund AUM.
November 29, 2021 CHART: Dwindling copper, zinc, nickel stocks could shield prices from omicron impact Copper, nickel and zinc prices could be saved from worst effects of any new virus-related restrictions as historically low global stockpiles intensify fears of supply disruption.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
