June 24, 2022

Global commodity shock enters next phase with recession test

What the rest of the year holds for raw materials from crude oil and natural gas to grains, gold, and iron ore?

June 24, 2022

Stellantis to take 8% stake in lithium supplier Vulcan

Carmaker will invest $52 million to buy a 8% stake in miner Vulcan Energy Resources.

June 24, 2022

Column: Zinc’s turn to feel the squeeze as LME stocks evaporate

It's an unwelcome development for the exchange after it had to suspend the nickel contract in March, writes Andy Home.

June 24, 2022

Lithium King crowned in dictatorship sees $3.5bn fortune at risk

Chile's constitutional rewrite may create a national lithium company that would compete with SQM, in which Julio Ponce Lerou is a top shareholder.

June 23, 2022

Germany warns of Lehman-like contagion from Russian gas cuts

Germany warned that Russia’s moves to slash Europe’s natural gas supplies risked sparking a collapse in energy markets.

June 23, 2022

Lithium stocks rout continues despite fresh hard rock price record

No bottom in sight for lithium stocks even as Pilbara Minerals concentrate auction sets new record price above $7,000 a tonne.

June 23, 2022

E3 Lithium, Imperial Oil to collaborate on pilot project in Alberta

Shares of E3 Lithium surged over 30% on news of the Imperial Oil investment.

June 23, 2022

New squeeze hits London metal market with zinc spreads spiking

The premium for spot zinc over futures spiked on Thursday to the widest since 1997.

June 23, 2022

Iron ore price rebounds after Chinese President pledges to meet development targets

Xi Jinping re-iterated the country’s “social and economic development targets” at a business forum.

June 23, 2022

Copper price at 16-month low as slowdown fears hit industrial metals market

"The commodity world’s flagship is under fire,” one analyst said.