MINING.COM(@mining):Price volatility has pushed 23% of energy storage developers, investors and miners to defer or cancel projects that looked viable, a DLA Piper survey of 550 found. More than half call it a major constraint on mining or processing investment. Companies are turning to vertical integration, already adopted by at least 37% of developers and 32% of mining and raw materials producers. They are also rethinking how prices are set. Among producers, 48% lean toward long-term fixed pricing with periodic resets.

2026.11.10 20:31

Price volatility has pushed 23% of energy storage developers, investors and miners to defer or cancel projects that looked viable, a DLA Piper survey of 550 found. More than half call it a major constraint on mining or processing investment. Companies are turning to vertical integration, already adopted by at least 37% of developers and 32% of mining and raw materials producers. They are also rethinking how prices are set. Among producers, 48% lean toward long-term fixed pricing with periodic resets.

MINING.COM@mining

2026.11.10 19:12

Market volatility adds new hurdle to critical minerals investment: report