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Copper: future supply/demand will decide the metal’s trend
Copper's rally, which has more than doubled since its all-time lows, has been fueled by the widespread belief that demand for the benchmark metal will receive a massive boost, not only from a post-pandemic economic boom, but also from the global push for...
Lithium: battery costs rise to keep ore price high
Lithium prices rose in 2021 and are now at record highs amidst a strong acceleration in demand. Demand will continue to outpace supply for now, both for the raw material (spodumene) and the chemicals (carbonate and hydroxide). Prices could stabilize later in 2022,...
Nickel and zinc: U.S. adds them to critical minerals list
Nickel and zinc are now considered critical minerals by the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing that both metals be included on the critical minerals list. The list has grown from 35 to 50 since the last iteration in 2018. Four minerals,...
Coal: China and India extract a total of 14 million tons per day
There's a reason India and China defended the future of coal at the Glasgow Climate Summit: no nation has added more coal-fired power plant capacity in the past decade than these two major emitters. China and India are currently mining a total of 14 million tons per...