April 27, 2022

Gold price slumps to two-month low as US dollar rallies

The dollar index charged to its highest level since January 2017.

April 27, 2022

Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets

Nearly half of the vehicles Tesla produced in Q1 were equipped with LFP batteries - a cheaper rival to the nickel-and-cobalt-based cells that dominate in the West.

April 27, 2022

Column: Global miners rank ESG as their top concern. Really?

Not one of the biggest listed Western mining companies has an executive with the title of chief ESG officer, writes Clyde Russell.

April 27, 2022

Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals

Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.

April 26, 2022

CME steps up battle against LME with new aluminum contracts

CME Group has made major strides in its competition with the larger London Metal Exchange in recent years.

April 26, 2022

Newmont boosts investment in Yanacocha gold mine in Peru

Miner has increased its planned investments for sulfides project from $2.25bn to $2.5bn, with a firm decision to be made by year-end.

April 25, 2022

Russia’s war is turbocharging the world’s addiction to coal

The world’s addiction to coal, a fuel many thought would soon be on the way out, is now stronger than ever.

April 25, 2022

Gold price slips below $1,900 as rate hike fears get better of safe haven metal

Mobility restrictions in China are also weighing on physical demand for gold, an analyst said.

April 22, 2022

Gold price en route to weekly loss with Fed eyeing big rate hikes

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said a half-point interest rate increase “will be on the table.”

April 22, 2022

‘Mr. Lithium’ warns there’s not enough battery metal to go around

Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace chips as the new bottleneck for the auto industry, writes Gabrielle Coppola.