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    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
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      Chinese owner Envision to boost annual capacity of Sunderland battery site from 1.7GWh to 38GWh

    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      Gold
      Investors flee gold for cryptocurrencies as inflation worries perk up

      Metals fund manager laments ‘zero interest in our strategy’ while bitcoin hits new record

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Industrial metals
      London Metal Exchange moves to stem draining copper reserves

      Inventories of the metal have fallen this month to their lowest levels in 47 years

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Hochschild Mining PLC
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      London-listed precious metals miner to list Aclara on Toronto stock exchange

    • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
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      Copper back above $10,000 a tonne while zinc hits near 15-year high

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      South32 Ltd
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      Miner could pay as much as $2bn for 45% of Sierra Gorda facility

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
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      This year nuclear fuel has risen in price to its highest level since 2012

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    • Monday, 11 October, 2021
      Newmont Corp
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      Costs of going green tipped to fuel wave of mergers in fragmented industry

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      BHP Group PLC
      BHP to look at ‘tougher jurisdictions’ in hunt for metals

      World’s biggest miner seeks big push into ‘future facing commodities’ such as copper and nickel

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      FT SeriesThe electric vehicle revolution
      Battery technology gives China an opening in electric vehicles

      Backed by Warren Buffet, BYD is pushing into overseas markets. It hopes its cheap and powerful batteries will help it sell cars

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Coal
      China’s coal miners vow to ‘go all out’ to beat power crisis

      Country’s big producers pledge to increase output as supply issues threaten economic growth

    • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
      Batteries
      Sibanye-Stillwater takes $490m stake in Nevada lithium project

      Miner’s third battery metal investment this year comes as core gold business suffers from weak prices

    • Monday, 13 September, 2021
      FT SeriesThe electric vehicle revolution
      Miners race for nickel as electric car revolution looms

      Western groups compete for assets to secure supplies of key battery metal

    • Friday, 10 September, 2021
      Uranium
      Uranium prices soar as investors scoop up nuclear power fuel

      Bets on clean energy and economic rebound drive yellowcake prices to their highest level since 2014

    • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
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      BHP links up with Bill Gates-backed AI start-up to prospect for metals

      World’s biggest miner to harness KoBold’s technology to predict location of deposits

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    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
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    • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
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      Takeover is latest acquisition for Ganfeng Lithium as demand increases for electric-car battery material

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      Form Energy’s technology will help grids manage fluctuating amounts of wind and sun

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