May 6, 2021 Chile’s 75% copper tax closer to becoming reality Chile’s lower house approves a progressive royalty on sales topping out at 75% at today's copper price.
May 6, 2021 Copper price hits all-time high in New York as bulls stampede Copper has gained 28.1% since the end of last year and is up 114.9% from its 2020 low, hit in March of that year.
May 5, 2021 Albemarle profit beats expectations on rising lithium prices Albemarle Corp, the world's largest producer of lithium, posted a quarterly profit on Wednesday that easily beat Wall Street's expectations on rising demand from the electric vehicle industry.
May 5, 2021 Iron ore price surges as steel rally fires up demand Expectations are building that benchmark prices can get to $200 a tonne.
May 5, 2021 Chile’s March copper production mixed with drop at Escondida The world's largest copper mine saw a drop in production for the eight month running, with a decline of 11.7% year-on-year to 89,900 tonnes.
May 5, 2021 Iron ore to displace soybeans as Brazil’s main export earner Brazil's iron ore export revenues are set to surge 60% this year.
May 5, 2021 Chilean mining chief warns royalties bill in current form ‘akin to expropriation’ Chile has seen a number of initiatives aimed at extracting more value from its mining industry.
May 5, 2021 Barrick Gold profit beats expectations as copper, gold prices surge The gold giant reported a 78% jump in first-quarter profit.
May 5, 2021 Visualizing the $2.9bn money flow into gold exploration Five countries accounted for 75% of the money raised for top gold projects around the world.
May 5, 2021 Metals price rally could hamper switch to green energy — IEA Prices for commodities — from lithium to cobalt — have hit record highs as demand for clean energy technologies increases.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
