October 11, 2021

Zijin’s lithium foray adds to China’s push for battery materials

Zijin shares jumped as much as 8.8% in Hong Kong on Monday, and are up 17% this year.

October 11, 2021

Lithium deal shows China’s accelerating race for battery metals

Lithium has gotten so hot that even China’s gold miners want a slice of the market, sky high valuations and all.

October 11, 2021

Ganfeng raises lithium metal prices amid power crunch

The Chinese company also cited higher costs for raw materials such as lithium carbonate for the price increase.

October 11, 2021

Aluminum price hits 13-year high as energy surge pressures supply

Aluminum rose as much as 2.8% to $3,049 on the London Metal Exchange Monday, the highest since July 2008.

October 11, 2021

Copper bulls get electric shock as world’s factories slow down

Bank of America said $20,000 could be possible if major supply-side issues arose simultaneously.

October 11, 2021

China coal futures surge to record as flooding swamps mining hub

Floods have closed 60 of the 682 coal mines in Shanxi province, which has produced 30% of China’s supply of the fuel this year.

October 11, 2021

Iron ore price surge is latest spike to fuel inflation fears

Iron ore has suddenly gone from commodity laggard to a top performer.

October 10, 2021

Zijin Mining to acquire Neo Lithium in $737m deal

In August, Chinese gold and copper miner Zijin said its plan on lithium and other new energy minerals were in a preliminary strategic planning stage.

October 8, 2021

Cobalt supply chain: China and DRC to maintain dominance, growth potential in Australia– report

The global cobalt industry is set to receive a significant boost from the worldwide shift to a green economy, Fitch says.

October 8, 2021

Iron ore price rises as China markets reopen after holiday

Dalian iron ore scaled one-month high on China demand optimism.