January 29, 2021

Tesla hit by battery shortage amid rallying lithium, cobalt, nickel prices

CEO Elon Musk says Tesla doesn't have enough batteries to put new products like the Semi heavy duty truck into production.

January 29, 2021

Silver prices rally for a second day on Reddit frenzy

Reddit traders may find other commodities harder to hit, analysts say.

January 29, 2021

Non-energy commodity prices rise at fastest rate since 2011

Commodity prices are rising rapidly as the manufacturing side of the global economy bounces back from the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

January 28, 2021

RANKED: World’s top 10 gold projects

The world's biggest gold deposit –Pebble mine project in Alaska – just got a lifeline.

January 28, 2021

Silver price surges as GameStop traders move into precious metals

Shares in small nickel and cobalt explorer GME Resources also jumped as much as 53%, apparently driven by the similarity of its stock ticker code to the US videogame retailer.

January 28, 2021

Gold price set for worst January in 10 years

Bullion's slow start to the year may be explained by weaker demand for gold during the past quarter.

January 28, 2021

Silver price is latest market hit by Reddit day-trader frenzy

Spot silver soared as much as 6.8%, the biggest jump since August.

January 28, 2021

Fast-charging EV batteries closer to hitting the market

Researchers at Penn State University have developed a lithium-iron-phosphate battery with a range of 250 miles.

January 28, 2021

Coal wins curious reprieve in Biden’s assault on climate change

He froze the sale of leases to extract oil and gas from federal land, but he left out fossil fuel most widely blamed for global warming.

January 27, 2021

All the mines Tesla needs to build 20 million cars a year

Elon Musk has set a production target of 20 million vehicles annually before 2030. For starters: 23 Ambatovys at $8.5 billion a pop.