March 21, 2023 Trafigura bought some LME ‘nickel’ that was just bags of stones The amounts of money involved are small, but the issue presents a fresh headache for the company.
March 21, 2023 Mapped: US mineral production value by state in 2022 This map uses data from the USGS to map and rank U.S. states by the value of their nonfuel mineral production in 2022.
March 21, 2023 Sprott sees gold price hitting fresh record as banking crisis unfolds The haven asset briefly rose above $2,000 an ounce on Monday for the first time in a year.
March 21, 2023 Column: The return of the London Metal Exchange’s nickel curse JPMorgan owned the LME nickel contracts that turned out to be backed by bags of stones rather than metal.
March 21, 2023 Glencore set to lose crown as top cobalt miner to China’s CMOC The Chinese company aims to double production this year, as it brings another massive Congolese mine online.
March 21, 2023 Goldman Sachs expects commodities supercycle Bank expects the copper price to hit $10,500 in the near term.
March 20, 2023 Wyloo seeks takeover of nickel explorer Mincor Resources Wyloo offered to buy all the shares of nickel miner Mincor it does not already own for an implied equity value of $504 million.
March 20, 2023 Former director of Tesla Australia sentenced for insider trading The Australian Securities and Investments Commission found that Kurt Schlosser purchased shares in Piedmont after being informed of details of a five-year spodumene concentrate supply agreement.
March 20, 2023 JPMorgan owned the LME ‘nickel’ that was actually bags of stones It’s not clear whether the bags ever contained nickel, and whether the issue is a result of error, theft or fraud.
March 20, 2023 Trafigura sees fresh copper price records within a year The world’s biggest copper trader believes the metal could even surpass $12,000 a tonne within 12 months.
JPMorgan, US backing Korea Zinc’s $7.4 billion Tennessee smelter The decision to set up a foreign joint venture, called Crucible JV LLC, was approved by Korea Zinc’s board on Monday. December 15, 2025 | 09:41 am
