February 21, 2022 Electric vehicle battery demand surge supercharges nickel Nickel rose to its highest level in more than a decade on Monday morning.
February 21, 2022 Aluminum shortages to deter blanket sanctions on Rusal The possibility of the market losing Rusal's aluminum pushed prices on the LME to $3,333 a tonne last week, close to a record high.
February 21, 2022 China plans state-backed platform to buy iron ore Beijing wants all purchases of the steelmaking material conducted through a single state-backed platform that’s under preparation, according to Bloomberg sources.
February 18, 2022 Why inflation is ‘baked in the cake’ and gold price is moving up History tells us that previous Fed rate hikes to deal with uncomfortably high inflation resulted in recessions.
February 18, 2022 Gold price thrives in rate hike cycles Gold-futures speculators’ most-feared hobgoblin is Fed-rate-hike cycles.
February 18, 2022 China to boost commodity price supervision in push for industrial growth China's state planner will take steps to stabilise the commodity market and hasten construction of new infrastructure, it said on Friday.
February 18, 2022 Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide.
February 17, 2022 LME warehousers slash capacity as metal stocks drain away Exchange stocks have been draining away as pandemic demand recovery collides with disrupted supply chains across the base metals spectrum.
February 17, 2022 Gold price closing in on $1,900 as tensions escalate in Ukraine "Not only do the events on the Ukrainian border have investors seeking out safe-havens, but it (gold) also offers inflation protection," analyst at OANDA says.
February 17, 2022 BHP’s iron ore profits show why Beijing wants to talk the price down If an average price of $130 a tonne is assumed for the first half of 2022, it implies that BHP is making $50 a tonne more than what Beijing might…
Solway to restart Guatemala nickel plant after price surge The amounts involved are a small fraction of global nickel supplies, estimated by analysts at around four million metric tons this year. January 29, 2026 | 07:26 am
