Cobalt is used in a wide variety of industrial applications, with lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems as the largest demand segment. As an important battery ...

For the first time in at least three decades, geopolitical risks are triggering a jump in mining stocks rather than a sell-off. The shift marks the sector's transformation from a bet on industrial ...

Mining stocks aren't always the safest investments. The mining industry is cyclical -- growing when the economy does, but falling when economic activity slows down -- and the work itself is capital ...

Mining ETFs are outperforming as AI demand, green energy expansion and geopolitical supply risks drive strong momentum in metals and raw materials.

That vulnerability has been exposed by the export controls imposed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest source of cobalt intermediate products for Chinese processors. Shipments to China ...