MJ COMMENT

 Bring out your dead

2022 has been a year of highs and lows. On one hand, metals prices have hit all-time highs - copper surpassed $10000/t on the LME and lithium reached giddying highs of $82000/t on the LME*. On the other, social unrest plagued mine owners in Latin America and war broke out between Russia and Ukraine.

Siobhan Lismore-Scott
 Bring out your dead

The bullishness in metals markets prompted producers to work harder, faster and for longer to get more material into market. Smelters started to break down after not being serviced. It became harder to...

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