November 3, 2020

Steel industry cries for help beyond Trump tariff ‘band-aid’

Commodities traders in China won’t be able to import products including coal and copper.

November 3, 2020

LME’s “green aluminum” plans opposed by industry

For first time in its 143-year history, the LME is pushing a platform for greener metal.

October 30, 2020

China’s aluminum juggernaut may be running out of road

China’s giant smelter sector churned out an average 105,000 tonnes per day in September, with year-to-date production up 3.3% on 2019.

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.