June 26, 2020 MINING.COM EV Metal Index drops to 28-month low Price declines for lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel have slowed, but raw material deployment is tanking.
June 26, 2020 Shrinking aerospace demand to keep pressure on cobalt Metal prices are at 10-month lows due to lower demand from the electric vehicle and aerospace sectors amid the pandemic.
June 24, 2020 Demand for EV raw materials to spike – report United Nations says global market for cathode to reach $58 billion by 2024.
June 24, 2020 Ten countries control 50% of global gold reserves Although the United States continues to hold the largest gold reserves, China and Russia have emerged as the top buyers.
June 23, 2020 Chinese steel giant eyes Simandou Baowu wants to develop the massive iron mine in Guinea to secure supply of the main raw material.
June 19, 2020 Trillion-dollar US plan will draw in plenty of metal A global infrastructure spending push would mean a lot more energy metals will need to be mined.
June 19, 2020 Altura inks lithium supply contracts with Ningbo Shanshan The Australian miner would supply a minimum of 60,000 tonnes of the metal.
June 18, 2020 Gold price dips as Beijing claims virus cases contained Spot gold dropped 0.1% after rising to a near one-week high earlier in the day.
June 18, 2020 Shandong Gold to buy Cardinal Resources for $221 million The deal continues a recent M&A flurry by Chinese gold firms.
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