Impact of electric cars in medium-term copper demand ‘overrated’, experts say

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Mining News Digest Friday 13 April 2018 Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Iron Ore     Oil Sands     Rare Earth     Silver     Uranium Impact of electric cars in medium-term copper demand 'overrated', experts say Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five years. read » Last hurrah for the zinc price The price of zinc fell to a four month low on Thursday – there's much more pain to come says new report. read » Lucara recovers 472 carat diamond, third largest ever for Karowe Recovered from the Karowe Diamond Mine located in Botswana. read » Origin of ancient gold treasure revealed The origin of the 21 pieces that comprise the Carambolo Treasure has been a source of debate for over five decades. read » Labour conflict at Torex mine in Mexico cools off Los Mineros Union, led by expat in Vancouver Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, had been fighting since November 2017, to be the legally constituted union at the ELG Mine Complex. read » Why diamond trading slowed down in March Rapaport expects polished trading to continue slowing in the coming months. read » Poor left out of mining profits as 'resource curse' hits Kenya There were cases of displacement of communities, workers subjected to unsafe conditions, as well as soil, water and air pollution. read » Glencore is losing billionaire allies to Trump's sanctions In just four months, Glencore Plc chief Ivan Glasenberg has lost two of his closest business allies, billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Dan Gertler. read » Eurasian Resources Group: market outlook 2018 The past couple of months have featured a broad retracement of the metals complex, away from the recent highs. read » Sharps Pixley sees 253% increase in gold sales as tensions run high The high levels of gold sales was a record for the store which opened in January 2016 and was roughly double its previous best month. read » Coal dead? Peak oil demand? Five takes on fossil fuels' future Mining mogul Bob Murray offered a passionate defense of coal, asserting that we'd all "die in the dark" without it. read » Harmony Gold says $519,000 of metal stolen from S. African mine Thieves broke into Harmony Gold Mining Co.'s Kalgold mine Tuesday morning and stole 12 kilograms (386 ounces) of the precious metal. read » Agarwal offers Anglo help in tapping India's 1.3 billion people The mining tycoon wasn't explicit about whether he wanted to assist Anglo with increasing sales to India or to start operating mines there. read » 'Urban mining' in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials. read » Can China fill aluminium shortage after Rusal sanctioned? International prices, which have shot up more than 10 percent since the sanctions were announced, will have to rise further to lure exports from China. read » De Beers is said to lift diamond prices for second straight sale The company raised prices a similar amount in its previous sale at the end of February. read » Burkina Faso to end tycoon Frank Timis's manganese mining contract Timis's Pan African Burkina Limited (PAB) acquired the rights to the Tambao mine, which it says holds 100 million tonnes of manganese reserves, in June 2012. read » Coal mogul's novel plan to save coal is to buy it: Gadfly Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., has a novel idea to save U.S. coal: buy the stuff himself. read » Komatsu sales growth to slow as miners avoid new equipment buys Miners were forced to curb spending by a collapse in commodities prices in 2015-16, but a partial price recovery since then has eased the pressure. read » Critical Materials Institute research in tech metals expands with demand for electric vehicles The lithium and cobalt research is part of a larger effort totaling 36 separate projects for the U.S. Department of Energy's Innovation Hub. read » Coup d'état that may shake the world The elevated anxiety about a military conflict about Syria could provide a short-term support for the price of gold. read » Read more news on MINING.com » Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Iron Ore     Oil Sands     Rare Earth     Silver     Uranium About Us   |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   |  Contact Us   |  Advertise This email was sent to you by InfoMine Inc. 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