December 22, 2020

SQM signs 8-year lithium deal with LG Energy Solution

Contract will supply about 55,000 metric tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent.

December 21, 2020

Gold price climbs on US stimulus agreement

Gold prices climbed to a six-week high on Monday on agreement of the $900 billion covid-19 relief bill.

December 20, 2020

How zinc can be extracted from waste ash

Swedish researchers separated zinc from fly ash by treating waste with an acid wash.

December 18, 2020

Alternative financing models for mining – report

Fieldfisher’s 2020 report includes commentary on ESG – the growth of green loans and sustainability linked loans in the resources sector.

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.