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BetaShares adds to thematic ETF lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... will provide exposure to leading global companies that are producing a range of energy transition metals (ETMs), such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, manganese, silver, and rare earth metals, as well as other companies involved in the discovery ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... through its Innovation Fund, managed by Virescent Ventures. SunDrive has patented technology that replaced silver with copper to improve solar panel efficiency. Because copper is "nearly 100 times cheaper than silver and far more abundant, the switch ...

Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... demonstrating how renewable energy projects require significant amounts of metals to help fulfill emissions targets, Fidelity cites copper. The report said solar will likely use roughly five times the amount of copper currently required to generate the ...

Janus Henderson launches net zero ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... solar and electric vehicles on a large scale. Such technologies require significantly greater amounts of minerals such as copper, aluminium, nickel, lithium, and cobalt, offering an opportunity for investors."

State Street develops digital custody capability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... partnership. State Street Digital, State Street's dedicated digital division, has entered into a licensing agreement with Copper.co (Copper), a London-based provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading infrastructure. The partnership ...

New study on precious metal hedge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... analysed the relationship between the returns of nine precious metals: gold, silver, palladium, platinum, nickel, lead, zinc, copper, and aluminium. They also assessed the "spillover index" between these metals and regional/global equity markets. By ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... these products. Factory demand - from oil and coal to power their machineries to other commodities such as aluminium and copper - coupled bottlenecks in supply chains, including port delays and a shortage of shipping containers (that affects delivery ...

Economic recap: Week to October 1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 OCT 2021
... satisfy the rebound in household spending. This has spurred sharp increases in commodity prices from aluminium, to oil, to copper. The S&P/GSCI commodity price index has rallied by 146.2% from its April 2020 low to the end of September this year. You ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Copper prices continue to rally and indications are it won't be long now until it recaptures the US$10,000 a tonne record it reached 10 years earlier. At the current price of US$9,415.00, copper's only 5.9% away and won't be long till it ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... monetary policy largesse... and FOMO (fear of missing out) and TINA (there is no alternative). However, the rise and rise in copper prices suggest better health and wealth going forward. Factset figures show copper prices surged to an eight-year high ...