November 22, 2021 Zinc price jumps as Glencore cuts production in Italy The Portovesme line, which can produce 100,000 tonnes of zinc sulphide a year, will be put on care and maintenance by the end of the year.
November 22, 2021 Greenland strips Chinese mining firm of licence to iron ore deposit General Nice, a major Chinese coal and iron ore importer, took control of the Isua mine project in 2015,
November 22, 2021 Glencore to close Italian zinc operation on power costs The decision to close the plant, which has capacity of 100,000 tonnes a year, follows a sharp increase in power prices in Italy and the rest of Europe.
November 21, 2021 Regulators in Hong Kong examine Rusal demerger plan The decision to investigate the proposed demerger was set into motion by a complaint from Odey Asset Management.
November 19, 2021 As dual listings fall out of favour, Rio Tinto set to hold the line Global miner has no plans to follow in the footsteps of peers BHP and Shell to collapse its dual listing, according to people familiar with its thinking.
November 19, 2021 New material improves li-ion battery charging speed by 10 times Researchers say that by using nickel niobate in the anode of lithium-ion batteries, the charging speed can be improved by 10 times.
November 18, 2021 WATCH: CEO of ICCM talks to CNN about mining trucks Global mining truck fleet numbers about 28,000.
November 18, 2021 Thyssenkrupp finds steel is the hardest sell in company’s breakup The disposal of its heart-and-soul steel business is the next step in a dramatic downsizing that’s pulling the manufacturer back from the brink.
November 18, 2021 Global energy storage installation expected to be 20 times larger within a decade BloombergNEF says boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 billion of investment.
November 17, 2021 All eyes on China as LME copper spreads collapse Bears and bulls are waiting to see what happens next to LME stock levels, which means that right now everyone's looking at China, writes Andy Home.
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