January 18, 2021

Shanghai booms as metals trading mirrors uneven recovery

China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.

January 18, 2021

UK hails first domestic production of battery-quality lithium

A consortium focused on developing the UK’s lithium supply chain has produced two lithium carbonate concentrates from local samples.

January 18, 2021

Bluejay, Rio Tinto’s JV in Finland is official

The London-based explorer announced that all conditions have now been satisfied for the commencement of the Enonkoski project joint-venture.

January 15, 2021

Nornickel joins blockchain network for responsible minerals sourcing

RSBN is an industry collaboration across the minerals supply chain using blockchain technology to support responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market.

January 15, 2021

Metals behind EV revolution to resume volatile rally – again

Global EV sales are projected to surge 60% this year, according to BloombergNEF.

January 15, 2021

FLSmidth in talks to buy Thyssenkrupp’s mining unit

The negotiations are at a non-binding stage, FLSmidth said, and there can be no assurance as to their result.

January 15, 2021

Mandalay Resources reports record production in 2020

The Toronto-based miner met its full-year production guidance and registered the highest quarterly saleable gold production in three years.

January 14, 2021

LME’s twilight zone absorbs stocks build

The amount of aluminum sitting in this LME twilight zone grew by 829,000 tonnes between February and November.

January 13, 2021

Russia for first time holds more gold than US dollars in $583 billion reserves

The share of dollar assets dropped to 22%, down from more than 40% in 2018.

January 13, 2021

KAZ Minerals investor pushes board to scrap $2.4bn buyout

The offer from Chairman Oleg Novachuk’s Nova Resources BV doesn’t attribute any value to its growth projects, RWC said.