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Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025

Mining 24 Dec 2025
Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 amid extreme volatility and articles about the metal were some of our most read posts of 2025, among stiff competition from gold which has enjoyed its own breakout year ... Check it out here ... 1 ... 2.
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MEGAMINES: Top 10 most capital intensive bulk mining projects

Mining 18 Dec 2025
From 2000 to 2023, metals and mining revenues grew by $1.7 trillion, a jump of roughly 75%, affording the industry a 70% slice of the overall materials business which also includes plastics, pulp, and building materials ... 1. Wa’ad Al Shamal ... Image.
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Value of EV battery nickel second highest on record, cobalt at 30-month high

Mining 24 Nov 2025
In 2016, Elon Musk famously said.. “Although called lithium-ion, the actual percentage of lithium in a lithium-ion cell is approximately 2% ... There’s a little bit of lithium in there, but it’s like the salt on the salad.” ... Cobalt’s 2025 power surge ... ....
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US reopens $500M tender as cobalt prices soar

Mining 22 Nov 2025
The US Defense Department will reissue an updated tender for up to $500 million worth of cobalt by end-November 2025, with an award expected in early February 2026, according to Argus News ... units of Vale SA in Canada, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co ... ....
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RANKED: Top 10 automakers by battery cobalt spending

Mining 21 Oct 2025
Allowed base volumes of 87,000 tonnes per year is around half the total exports registered in 2024 ... Tender cancelled ... * Frik Els is Editor at Large for MINING.COM and Head of Adamas Inside, providing news and analysis based on Adamas Intelligence data.
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Top 50 mining companies surge to new record near $2 trillion valuation

Mining 15 Oct 2025
Apart from gold and silver, rare earths have been the standout sector. Squeaking in at no ... Now there are five firms with the distinction and likely more to come ... Now it’s a laggard ... email Frik Els at fels@mining.com with Top 50 in the subject line ....
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JPMorgan targets critical minerals with $1.5 trillion security initiative

Mining 13 Oct 2025
JPMorgan Chase on Monday launched its Security and Resiliency Initiative, committing up to $1.5 trillion over 10 years to strengthen US supply chains, with chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon emphasising critical minerals essential for national security.
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Cobalt’s EV battery comeback as prices nearly double

Mining 18 Sep 2025
Helpful, but nowhere near enough to mop up supply should Congo decide to reopen the floodgates ... * Frik Els is Editor at Large for MINING.COM and Head of Adamas Inside, providing news and analysis based on Adamas Intelligence data ....
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