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Lithium carbonate processing infrastructure highlights the industrial supply chain behind China’s battery-materials market. Lithium carbonate is trading around the 150,000 yuan ($20,800) per tonne level as…
Silver’s price outlook is being shaped by a market that remains physically tight but increasingly exposed to industrial efficiency gains and interest-rate risk. The Silver Institute…
Lithium prices are entering a more uncertain phase as demand from electric vehicles and energy storage rises while project delays limit the amount of new material…
An Indonesian nickel processing complex in Sulawesi. Indonesia’s decision to tighten nickel ore approvals has shifted the market’s central question from how quickly processing capacity can…
Copper smelter casting line in a modern industrial processing facility. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by an unusual combination of tight concentrate supply, historically low…
Jianxiawo’s suspension has turned permitting risk into a major variable for China’s lithium supply outlook. Lithium price forecast 2026: CATL’s Jianxiawo mine in Jiangxi has returned…
The energy transition is increasing demand for critical minerals faster than many new mines, refineries and recycling facilities can be developed. The immediate risk is not…
Indonesia’s integrated nickel industry is entering a period of tighter ore availability and greater policy control. Indonesia’s decision to reduce its 2026 nickel ore quota has…
Lithium prices are entering 2026 with a market that is no longer defined by clear oversupply. Demand from electric vehicles and battery energy storage is accelerating,…
Copper enters 2026 with an unusually wide gap between market signals. Prices are near record levels, inventories are concentrated in the United States, and treatment charges…
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