October 19, 2021

Dalian iron ore price up on falling shipments from major suppliers

Iron ore shipments that departed from Australia and Brazil stood at 23.54 million tonnes in the week ended Oct. 17, down 589,000 tonnes from the previous week.

October 19, 2021

Home: European smelter cuts catch zinc looking the wrong way

It's still unclear what the impact of Europe's power crunch will be in terms of lost metal, writes Andy Home.

October 19, 2021

Global shortage of magnesium could cripple car industry

Germany’s association of metals producers warned that current magnesium inventories in Europe will be exhausted by the end of November 2021.

October 18, 2021

Copper price surges past $11,000 on supply squeeze

Traders are paying huge premiums for quickly deliverable copper after stockpiles in the LME warehouse system tumbled to their lowest level in decades.

October 18, 2021

Coal price tops $300/t in China as cold wave adds to energy crisis

The most-active contract on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange rose as much as 6%.

October 18, 2021

Copper spread widens to most in more than 25 years on supply squeeze

The spread between cash and three-month futures surged to over $1,000 on the LME on Monday, a premium not seen since at least 1994.

October 18, 2021

No. 1 uranium miner backs physical fund in nod to robust demand

Kazatomprom is backing a new uranium fund that aims to invest in the radioactive metal used to power nuclear reactors.

October 18, 2021

Thiel-backed Canadian lithium junior said to prepare Nasdaq listing

Rock Tech Lithium is preparing a Nasdaq listing to broaden its investor base and help finance a $545 million battery metals plant in Germany.

October 18, 2021

Biggest US coal miner surges as global energy crisis boosts demand

Peabody's sales exceeded $900 million, the highest in seven quarters.

October 18, 2021

Apple veteran wins Gates’s backing for Michigan battery startup

Battery startup Our Next Energy said Monday it has raised $25 million in a fresh fundraising round.