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…
October 11, 2021 Aluminum price hits 13-year high as energy surge pressures supply Aluminum rose as much as 2.8% to $3,049 on the London Metal Exchange Monday, the highest since July 2008.
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