October 30, 2020 Rio Tinto invests $51m in Canadian alumina refinery Upgrades, to be completed in early 2021, include three new energy efficient buildings and a centralized control room.
October 27, 2020 Trump lifts tariffs on Canadian aluminum, warns he may resume them Trump first granted the exclusion to Canada in 2019, but a surge in imports of Canadian non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum prompted him to slap the tariffs back on in August, inflaming…
October 26, 2020 China’s new infrastructure plan to boost metal demand – report The plan will support the government's beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, Fitch says.
October 26, 2020 Nornickel to consider 9-month dividend, looks to limit payments Company should keep its dividend payments for 2020 to a mininum level, co-owner and top shareholder Vladimir Potanin told Reuters.
October 21, 2020 Over $1 trillion needed for energy transition metals In a new report, Wood Mackenzie says governments across the world are using stimulus packages to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys.
October 20, 2020 Apparent aluminum deficit drives up spot prices against longer dates Inventories in LME warehouses in Port Klang at 814,225 tonnes are down about 20% since climbing above one million tonnes in July.
October 19, 2020 Rio, Lafarge, Geocycle to reuse aluminum waste to make cement The companies have developed a new product called Alextra.
September 24, 2020 European producers welcome EU provisional duties on China aluminum The provisional duties are expected to be imposed by Oct. 15 while the investigation is due to be finalised in April 2021.
September 23, 2020 Tesla bets on mining with Nevada lithium claim The company is planning to build its own cathode factory.
September 22, 2020 Tesla warns on challenges of scaling up production Elon Musk warned about the difficulties of speeding up production as an expert cautioned the carmaker's increased reliance on large-scale aluminum parts could bring new manufacturing challenges.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
