September 16, 2021 Coal funding persists even as climate worry grows Coal might be the dirtiest word in climate politics in the run up to the United Nations COP26 summit.
September 16, 2021 Sprott’s new uranium trust sees hedge funds driving metal demand The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust has itself been on a buying spree, bolstering its stockpile by 45% in four weeks.
September 16, 2021 BlackRock fund manager cuts almost all gold from portfolio Expectations that inflation-adjusted yields on US bonds will rise means the metal will no longer function as a hedge against equity markets, Russ Koesterich said.
September 16, 2021 US miners decry mineral royalty plan floated in Congress The proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation spending measure would set an 8% gross royalty on existing mines and 4% on new ones.
September 16, 2021 Platinum-group prices are being hammered by the chip shortage The shortage of semiconductors is clobbering the price of platinum-group metals as investors brace for a long-lasting hit to car production.
September 16, 2021 China’s XTC New Energy plans $1.6bn battery material investment Plant will eventually produce 100,000 tonnes of lithium iron phosphate and 60,000 tonnes of ternary materials annually.
September 15, 2021 Vulcan Energy gets firm commitments for $146.58m discounted placement Funds raised would be used to progress Vulcan's zero-carbon lithium development in Europe, which has an offtake deal with the battery unit of South Korea's LG Chem.
September 15, 2021 Aluminum price rises on talks of fresh output curbs in China China's aluminum output in August slipped for a fourth straight month.
September 15, 2021 China will release more metal reserves to ease supply shortage – state planner "Currently, copper, aluminum, and zinc prices are still high," said Li Hui, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission.
September 15, 2021 Australia snubs court’s climate order to approve coal project Environment Minister has given environmental consent for Whitehaven Coal to proceed with a $440 million plan to extend open-cut mining at its Vickery operation in New South Wales.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
