July 29, 2021

Gupta pays $25 million to end long-running spat with Rio Tinto

The dispute with Rio dates back to the miner’s sale of the Dunkirk smelter in France to Gupta for $500 million in 2018.

July 29, 2021

Low-carbon power for steel, aluminum industries key for global decarbonization goals — report

According to Wood Mackenzie, ramping up battery metals production is also important to limit the average global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2040.

July 27, 2021

Home: US metals buyers pay the price of broken supply chains

The premium has never been higher.

July 26, 2021

Climate scientists begin key report as G20 failed to reach phase-out coal deal

More than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists have begun working on a key report summarizing how Earth's climate has already changed and what to expect in coming years.

July 25, 2021

Record profits and blockbuster dividends: Here come the miners

The top-five western diversified miners may have earned a combined $85 billion for the first half of the year, according to analyst estimates, more than double the level from a…

July 25, 2021

Rio Tinto cuts Kitimat aluminum production by 65%

Rio Tinto plans to cut production at its BC Works aluminium smelter to 35% following a strike.

July 23, 2021

Home: Aluminum producers struggle to respond to higher prices

Global aluminum production growth ground to a halt in the second quarter of this year even as prices rallied to multi-year highs.

July 21, 2021

Sanjeev Gupta in board tussle as spat for aluminum firm heats up

The executive, who was ousted from a Belgian aluminum plant unit earlier this month, has successfully battled in court to be appointed back to the board.

July 21, 2021

Rusal may curb aluminum exports once Russian tax kicks in

The company may reduce those sales by hundreds of thousands of tonnes this year because the levies will make some shipments unprofitable.

July 19, 2021

LME launches six new contracts, including lithium and scrap aluminium

The LME had delayed the launch of its lithium hydroxide and the five other new contracts from an original date of June 14.