May 1, 2020

US lawmakers fault Trump for failing to curb Chinese aluminum overcapacity

Senators said neither the Phase 1 trade deal with China, nor Trump’s separate 10% tariffs imposed on aluminum imports in 2018 had solved the underlying problem.

April 29, 2020

Rusal alumina plant in Ukraine may temporarily suspend output

The plant said its supplies of bauxite had fallen to critical levels and may soon be unable to maintain production on a four-day week basis.

April 28, 2020

Talga Resources to provide graphene for Bentley’s e-axle

The objective is to deliver an aluminium-based solution aimed at outperforming and replacing the copper windings currently used.

April 26, 2020

China’s Yunnan launches 800,000 T metals stockpiling drive

The funds will be used to cover interests on bank loans taken out for the one-year stockpiling drive, which will include copper, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, among others.

April 22, 2020

Reeling aluminum market braces for Alcoa’s outlook

Company forecast in January that global supply would exceed demand by as much as 1 million metric tonnes this year.

April 13, 2020

Home: A brief history of China’s metals stockpiling programmes

When the going gets tough in industrial metal markets, the Chinese get stockpiling.

April 12, 2020

French industry can return to work safely, metals lobby says ahead of Macron speech

The industry is in "an extremely worrying situation" after 24 days of lockdown, Philippe Darmayan, president of the union of metals industry and businesses, said.

April 8, 2020

In uncertain times, global metals exchange volumes surge

LME's average daily activity jumped by 15% in March to 794,139 contracts, the highest monthly total since April 2018.

April 7, 2020

The state of Chinese commodities shows recovery taking hold

From oil to copper to coal, China’s gigantic commodities industry is signaling that the first economy to be flattened by the coronavirus is getting closer to a return to normality.

April 6, 2020

Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 mining companies

MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.