February 18, 2021

Hochschild Mining’s earnings drop on covid-19-led mine closures

Company posted a 21% drop in full-year core earnings as a run of pandemic-driven production roadblocks wiped out the boost from higher gold prices.

February 17, 2021

Why Tesla isn’t a “battery company”

Even when assigning zero value to automakers’ non-EV business, Tesla’s valuation based solely on battery capacity deployed are multiples of Volkswagen, GM, BYD, Hyundai, Nissan and others.

February 17, 2021

Eramet sees higher core earnings this year after pandemic hit

The company reported a net loss of 675 million euros ($817 million) for 2020.

February 17, 2021

Global copper smelting slides in January amid covid-19 lockdowns

Top producer China dipped but from high levels, satellite service SAVANT and broker Marex Spectron said in a joint statement.

February 17, 2021

Commodity prices – Supercycle or regular upturn?

It is possible another supercycle is now underway but it would be arriving unusually quickly.

February 17, 2021

Nickel was king in EV battery capacity deployment in 2020

Adamas Intelligence says that over 60% of all passenger EV battery capacity deployed globally in 2020 was in the form of high-nickel cells.

February 17, 2021

Rio Tinto to tackle customers’ emissions, hands out biggest dividend ever

The miner is giving $9bn in cash back to shareholders and has laid out plans to tackle its global customers' carbon footprint.

February 16, 2021

These five trends are playing out in the diamond industry

Prioritization of sustainability, diamond origin tracking and continued demand from China are some of the issues shaping the industry

February 16, 2021

Nornickel 2020 profit sinks 39% as $2bn set aside to cover fuel spill fine

Company has been fined $2-billion for the damage caused by the spill last year in Russia's worst environmental disaster in the Arctic.

February 16, 2021

Cornish Metals closes £8.2m financing, starts trading on AIM

Proceeds of the equity financing will be used to fast-track drilling at the United Downs copper-tin project.