Metal trades at 9-month high as mined output tanks, but future supply for EVs looks to acid-leaching projects that pump waste into the ocean.
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Logistics problems are lifting cobalt prices during pandemic, but plans for world’s largest cobalt mine could deliver longer term boost says new report.
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Copper price jumps 3% to highest since July 2018 as massive Chinese stimulus suck in metal and LME inventories drop to 13-year low.
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China’s $680 billion post-pandemic splurge on infrastructure sparks record steel output and soaring iron ore price.
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Sales of electric cars in Western Europe sporting cobalt, nickel heavy batteries reach 500,000 units, surpassing China as world’s no 1 EV market.
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Has the rise in the gold price been too far, too fast? This chart going back to 1915 says not even close.
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Copper price surges by more than 3% Monday as top consumer China gorges on metal.
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Investing in top copper mining stocks during the covid-19 meltdown handily beat returns on gold majors – FCX surged 92% in four months.
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US copper giant Freeport McMoRan says $850m Lone Star is on track to produce some 200m pounds of copper annually beginning in the second half of 2020.
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“It’s likely that miners will need to boost investment in local communities for some time as the full impact of covid-19 continues to play out.”
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