December 18, 2020 Copper price powers on – “tell-tale signs of supercycle” Copper prices jumps to highest since February 2013 on hopes US economic stimulus will further boost demand for metal already in short supply amid an Asian factory and construction boom.
December 17, 2020 A tale of two crises – metals in the year of covid-19 It’s been a tumultuous year for industrial metal markets, both the worst of times and the best of times.
December 17, 2020 Metso Outotec to modernize Norilsk Nickel’s smelting line Metso has been awarded a landmark contract to modernize one smelting line at Nadezhda metallurgical plant in Russia.
December 16, 2020 LME to forge ahead with plans to support sustainable metal production The London Metal Exchange will roll-out by mid-2021 a digital register to store carbon related details of aluminum.
December 16, 2020 Polish coal boss warns of unemployment jump if mines close too fast Poland generates most of its electricity from burning coal and is the only European Union state that has refused to pledge carbon neutrality by 2050.
December 14, 2020 Inobat to create ‘green battery ecosystem’ in Europe It begins with discovering and developing better performing, and more environmentally friendly cell chemistries.
December 14, 2020 Greenland grants Bluejay exploitation license The $245 million Dundas ilmenite project is expected to reach full production by 2022.
December 11, 2020 Vale asks US court to force Steinmetz to pay $2bn award Vale is urging a New York-based federal court to force the magnate to reveal all assets to enforce and so obtain the arbitration award.
December 10, 2020 EV Metal Index on course for record year MINING.COM EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs surge 80% year on year.
December 10, 2020 Rio Tinto confirms potential for Jadar project in Serbia Company has declared a maiden ore reserve of 16.6-million tonnes, grading 1.18% lithium oxide and 13.4% boron trioxide at its lithium/borate project in Serbia.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
