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  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    Batteries
    UK’s first ‘gigafactory’ set for huge expansion

    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
    Hochschild to spin out Chilean rare earths project

    London-listed precious metals miner to list Aclara on Toronto stock exchange

  • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Will Evergrande and the coal crisis weigh on Chinese growth?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    Energy crisis
    Energy crunch drives up global metals prices

    Copper back above $10,000 a tonne while zinc hits near 15-year high

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    South32 Ltd
    South32 is frontrunner to buy stake in Chilean copper project

    Miner could pay as much as $2bn for 45% of Sierra Gorda facility

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Uranium
    Hedge funds snap up uranium in bet on green energy shift

    This year nuclear fuel has risen in price to its highest level since 2012

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    Transcript
    IMF leadership scandal clouds annual meetings

    Former IMF official said the divisions have undermined Kristalina Georgieva’s ability to lead

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    IMF leadership scandal clouds annual meetings

    Former IMF official said the divisions have undermined Kristalina Georgieva’s ability to lead

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    Newmont Corp
    Newmont chief says climate change will drive gold miner consolidation

    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
    Mining
    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

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    Industrial metals
    Aluminium prices hit decade high on Guinea coup

    West African country is world’s second-largest producer of raw material bauxite

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Industrial metals
    Aluminium prices hit decade high as Beijing warns against speculation

    Production cutbacks in China in bid to reduce pollution push up global costs for the metal

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Polymetal International PLC
    Polymetal warns chip shortage set to hit mining sector

    Russian gold miner expects problem afflicting car industry to hit makers of mining vehicles and machinery

  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    Mining
    China’s biggest lithium group seals deal for UK-listed Bacanora

    Takeover is latest acquisition for Ganfeng Lithium as demand increases for electric-car battery material

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    Commodities
    Commodity prices rally as concerns over Chinese demand ease

    Data suggesting Covid wave under control in China has lifted sentiment, analysts say

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    BHP Group PLC
    S&P warns BHP oil and gas exit threatens its credit rating

    Agency says disposal of petroleum business will leave miner even more exposed to iron ore

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    Batteries
    TPG $5.4bn climate fund backs long-duration battery start-up

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

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