Central banks bought up a record 387 tonnes of gold in the first half of 2023, according to the World Gold Council. This trend continued with another 55 tonnes added to central bank reserves in July. "Buying activity remains widespread...

As a reminder of what can happen when one country produces close to half of the world’s nickel, ore prices in Indonesia are on a sharp upward climb, around 10% in just a few weeks, after the Attorney General launched...

Mining export revenue in Australia totalled A$455 billion (US$298.64 billion) in the financial year 2022-23, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics. This is a 10.5% increase on 2021-22, which was the previous record. coal (thermal and metallurgical) export revenue...

Graphite demand and prices are forecast to stay strong until 2033, according to data by FastMarkets. Graphite market outlook will be driven by electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries, the West’s desire to diversify from China, and a push for more environmentally-friendly...

Announced subsidies for low-carbon hydrogen have increased four times in the last two years, to US$280 billion, according to a new analysis by BloombergNEF. US$137 billion will come from the US over the next 10 years, driven by the Inflation...

20 of the world's largest broad-based commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) have seen positive net investments of US$1 billion over July-August, 2023 — after almost a year of outflows, according to Bloomberg. Over the past five quarters, the same 20 ETFs...

Here’s our roundup of energy storage highlights from Q2. Another Round of Record-Breaking U.S. Installations: The U.S. energy storage sector added a record 5,597 MWh in Q2 2023. China's Rapid Expansion: China's cumulative installed capacity of electrical energy storage projects...

The revenue from 8,182 public companies with explicit exposure to clean energy in 2022 is estimated to be US$2.56 trillion — or, 2.6% of GDP — according to new research by BloombergNEF. The amount is double the total investment in clean...

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will significantly increase demand for critical minerals — cobalt, lithium, nickel and copper — and it will be "very challenging" to meet this new demand, according to the latest S&P report. demand for cobalt, lithium, nickel,...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved "new alternative emergency preparedness requirements for small modular reactors and other new technologies". The approval helps simplify the regulated ranges of emergency planning zones for nuclear reactors — with a particular impact...

Across the US, China, and Western Europe, electric vehicle (EV) sales grew by over half in Q2 2023, compared to Q2 2022, according to a new report by PWC Strategy&. in ten major West Europe economies (inc Germany, UK, France),...

Global food prices increased 1.3%, up from June, driven particularly by a sharp increase in the FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index, which rose 12.1% from June after seven months of consecutive declines. The increase comes after the termination of the...