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LME explores price premium for sustainable nickel, copper, aluminium and zinc

"Transparent pricing of sustainable materials is critical to incentivising investment into transition technologies in the mining industry."
Melodie Michel
LME explores price premium for sustainable nickel, copper, aluminium and zinc
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The London Metal Exchange is proposing a price premium for low-carbon nickel, copper, aluminium and zinc as a way to incentivise sustainable mining.

Many mining companies are transitioning to renewable power and electric fleets to decarbonise their operations, but the lack of a price premium for sustainable metals has so far meant there was no competitive advantage to doing so.

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