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Biden’s electric vehicle plan includes battery recycling push

Reuters | June 4, 2021 | 12:07 pm Battery MetalsIntelligenceUSACobaltLithium US President Joe Biden (Credit: Flickr) President Joe Biden’s strategy to make the United States a powerhouse in electric vehicles will include boosting domestic recycling of batteries to reuse lithium and other metals, according to government officials. As Biden makes fighting climate change and competing with China …

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Copper price rebounds, commodity demand signals “firing on all cylinders”

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 20, 2021 | 11:00 am IntelligenceMarketsNewsChinaCopper Stock image Copper rebounded from Wednesday’s slump, buoyed by expectations that demand will remain resilient in the face of possible tapering by the US Federal Reserve and China’s stepped-up efforts to jawbone prices lower. Copper rose 0.4% to $10,038 a tonne Thursday morning on the London Metal …

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Commodity ‘supercycle’ a cue for Saudi state miner to cut debt

Bloomberg News | May 23, 2021 (Image courtesy of Maaden, Facebook). Saudi Arabia’s state miner will use a windfall from the recent boom in commodity prices to pay off debt, as it seeks to strengthen its balance sheet before embarking on international acquisitions. The new chief executive officer of Saudi Arabia Mining Co., known as Maaden, said …

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New bull chart for $30,000 copper price: porphyries nearly mined out

Frik Els | May 14, 2021  Bad moon rising over porphyry deposits. Radomiro Tomic, Chile. Image from Codelco. Predictions for copper at double or triple today’s level is a fairly recent phenomenon – and bears still outnumber bulls as to what’s next for the bellwether metal.    Wall Street natural resource investment house Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates confirmed …

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Commodities of the future: Blue, green hydrogen key to the energy transition – report

MINING.com Editor | May 7, 2021 | 12:59 pm EnergyOil & Gas Green hydrogen H2 gas molecule. Stock image. While fossil fuel-based hydrogen (grey hydrogen) as a fuel is not new, blue hydrogen (natural gas-based) and green hydrogen (renewables-based) are entering commercialization and are only just becoming established in energy commodity markets, market analyst Fitch Solutions notes in …

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How blockchain will help miners meet evolving ESG demands

Alisha Hiyate – the Canadian Mining Journal | May 7, 2021 | 9:00 am EducationNews Block chain concept – digital code chain. Stock image. At the Association for Mineral Exploration’s Remote Roundup in January, mining entrepreneur – and master communicator – Robert Friedland laid out his predictions for the future of mining. In addition to a more diverse industry, the founder …

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Copper price hits record high as Chile gives bulls another reason to cheer

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 7, 2021 SX-EW processing at Chuquicamata mine in Chile. Image from Codelco. The world’s top copper producer Chile is giving bulls another reason to cheer while prices soared to an all-time high on Friday as optimism about a global rebound from the pandemic spurs a surge across commodities markets. Copper for …

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Lumber and copper are surging – will gold join the party?

Sunshine Profits | May 6, 2021 Stock image. There’s no inflation … None at all. Only, completely by accident, lumber prices are skyrocketing. Gold is likely to remain silent, but it may catch up later. The rise in lumber prices can be seen in the chart below: What a surge! It happened because of the limited supply and strong demand …

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