July 20, 2021 In push to supply Tesla, Piedmont Lithium irks North Carolina neighbors Company last autumn signed a deal to supply US electric automaker Tesla Inc with lithium sourced from its deposits in North Carolina.
July 20, 2021 Endeavour Silver buys Nevada gold asset for $100 million The Bruner gold exploration project is expected to become a low-cost, open pit, heap leach mine operation.
July 19, 2021 Democrats float border tariff for carbon intensive imports Senate Democrats have said they want to include a carbon border tariff as part of a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill.
July 19, 2021 EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.
July 19, 2021 Copper price falls amid covid-19 worries China will continue to release copper, aluminum, and zinc from its state reserves in batches.
July 19, 2021 China frictions steer electric automakers away from rare earth magnets As tensions mount between China and the US, automakers are trying to reduce their reliance on permanent magnets.
July 17, 2021 New York beating London as trading hub for booming cobalt market Trading activity in CME’s contract has been gathering steam since its launch in December.
July 16, 2021 Dawn of a mining supercycle. Are you taking the fizz? MINING.COM takes issue with a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie forecasting the varying impacts of the green energy transition on metals and mining demand.
July 16, 2021 Gold price pulls back from 1-month high as dollar, yields fluctuate Gold’s inability to benefit substantially from weaker US yields suggested that it remains vulnerable to a further pullback, one analyst said.
July 16, 2021 Tesla’s lithium extraction patent catches miners’ attention The EV manufacturer filed a patent for a process that allows for the selective extraction of lithium from clay minerals.
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
