October 20, 2021

Rio Tinto to spend $7.5bn by 2030 to meet Scope 1 and 2 emissions targets

The company has said it will double its growth capex to about $3 billion a year from 2023.

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

Wild markets gatecrash London Metal Exchange Week party

This year’s LME Week was a subdued affair by comparison with past excess, writes Andy Home.

October 17, 2021

What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report

London-based ING Economics predicts what the ongoing energy transition might bring for copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium.

October 16, 2021

Aluminum makers sound the alarm about US magnesium shortage

Matalco Inc., the largest US producer of aluminum billet, is warning customers it may curtail output and ration deliveries as soon as next year

October 15, 2021

Alcoa CEO says aluminum rally will last longer

Alcoa’s stock has more than quadrupled from a year ago, helped by a historic surge in aluminum prices.

October 15, 2021

Industrial metals blast off as energy crisis drags down supply

Friday’s gains come after the benchmark index of six base metals on the LME rose to an all-time peak in the previous session.

October 14, 2021

Rusal plans sales boost to plug China’s aluminum deficit in 2022

The world's largest aluminum producer outside China plans to supply 300,000-400,000 tonnes of aluminum to China in 2021.

October 13, 2021

BC First Nations say river’s health can be restored without shutting down Rio Tinto smelter

Nechako River First Nations hope for a compromise that would restore river flows without having to remove the Kenney Dam and shut down Rio Tinto’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, British…

October 12, 2021

Breakthrough for Rio Tinto’s smelter hydropower project in British Columbia

The tunnel boring machine cut 7.6 kilometres through the rock in remote mountains over 30 months, completing the route for a 16 kilometre tunnel that was started in the early…