October 31, 2021 EU and US end clash over steel and aluminium, take aim at China’s ‘dirty’ steel The future EU-US arrangement will be a challenge for China, which produces more than half of the world's steel.
October 30, 2021 US, EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel, aluminum The decision ends one of the biggest areas of friction between the allies.
October 29, 2021 Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices…
October 29, 2021 US coal miners are ‘sold out’ for 2022 Almost every lump of coal that US miners will dig out of the ground next year has already been sold.
October 29, 2021 Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.
October 28, 2021 COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…
October 28, 2021 Vale receives notice from SEC ahead of potential probe The SEC investigation would try to find evidence of "misconduct" related to public disclosures after a dam disaster in the town of Brumadinho.
October 28, 2021 UN deep-sea mining rules unlikely to be completed by 2023, Latam countries say The UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA) is working on global rules covering sea bed mining, which is not allowed until the regulations are finalised.
October 28, 2021 Newmont cuts guidance on pandemic hit The world's top gold producer cut its annual production target by 500,000 ounces.
October 27, 2021 Ioneer set to begin lithium production jointly with Sibanye in US plant This follows a deal last month in which Sibanye agreed to buy half of ioneer's Nevada lithium mine project.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
