January 10, 2020

As metal trade shrinks, exchanges fight back with new products

It was a year to forget for many of the base metals with copper, aluminium, zinc and lead closing out 2019 little changed from year-start levels.

January 7, 2020

Base metals hope for manufacturing recovery in 2020

Most analysts are looking for something better this year but the early indications are that bulls will have to be patient.

January 6, 2020

Chalco ships first cargo from Guinea bauxite project

Boffa is slated to eventually produce 12 million tonnes of bauxite per year.

January 2, 2020

Top 50 biggest mining companies enter 2020 near $1 trillion value

MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a revived industry entering the 2020s, but with […]

December 13, 2019

Bearish outlook for metal prices for 2020 — report

But demand for lithium and cobalt is set to improve next year.

December 12, 2019

An abundance of aluminium scrap to spur US recyclers

Valued for its lightness and anti-corrosive properties, demand for aluminium from US drinks firms is expected to rise over coming years.

December 5, 2019

Apple buys first-ever carbon-free aluminum from Alcoa-Rio Tinto venture

The Alcoa-Rio joint venture wants to commercialize a technology by 2024 that uses a ceramic anode to make aluminum and emits only oxygen.

December 4, 2019

Indonesia dangles cheaper energy to lure billions in investment

Indonesia is home to some of the world’s largest deposits of copper, nickel and tin.

December 2, 2019

Trump, citing US farmers, slaps metal tariffs on Brazil, Argentina

President Donald Trump ambushed Brazil and Argentina on Monday, announcing he would restore tariffs on US steel and aluminum imports from the two countries.

November 21, 2019

Canadian railway strike snags steel, copper trade with US

CN Railway serves all nine smelters in Canada.