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.

December 10, 2020

Bigger things predicted for tiny tin market

Lockdowns around the world have prompted households to stock up on long-lasting food and buy more home electronics, providing a boost for the metal.

December 10, 2020

Nordgold increases capacity at Taborny mine

Processing capacity at the open pit mine has been increased by 50%.

December 9, 2020

‘Green stimulus packages’ key driver for base metal demand, says analyst

“The path to economic recovery will be long and slow,” says Intl FCStone metals analyst Natalie Scott-Gray.

December 9, 2020

Gold price slides amid vaccine roll-out

The resurgence of cryptocurrencies has also directed investors away from gold, JP Morgan says.

December 9, 2020

Aurubis gives brighter earnings view as copper demand to rise

Europe's largest copper producer said it had suffered "no production limitations so far" from the pandemic.

December 8, 2020

Minerals and metals demand recovery in 2021 – report

Fitch sees mining and metals capital expenditure improving in 2021, compared with 2020.

December 7, 2020

Glencore’s succession isn’t over yet

Glasenberg’s exit hasn’t been the brutal Darwinian process he so often predicted.

December 4, 2020

Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO

Announcement came as the Swiss firm revealed an ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.