May 26, 2025

Garage meets and sleepless flights: How Nippon Steel’s negotiator stuck at US merger

A merger with US Steel would create the world's third-largest steel producer.

May 23, 2025

Column: US aluminum smelters vie with Big Tech for scarce power

It's forty-five years since anyone built a primary aluminum smelter in the US.

May 23, 2025

Rio Tinto board looks for new CEO who knows mining better

Rio's operations improved under Jakob Stausholm, but investors questioned his lack of technical expertise from the start.

May 21, 2025

Rio Tinto seeks to almost double bauxite output from Queensland mine

The world’s second-biggest miner is seeking to develop a new project called Kangwinan.

May 21, 2025

Greenland gives Danish-French group permit to mine rock with green potential

The permit was granted to Greenland Anorthosite Mining, backed by French, Danish and Greenlander investment funds.

May 20, 2025

Column: Bearish funds flee turbulent copper and turn to aluminum

The prospect of US import tariffs on copper has been a bonanza for physical metal traders, but the resulting price turbulence has been a big headache for fund managers.

May 19, 2025

Aluminum price slides as surging inventories add to downbeat mood

Readily available aluminum inventories in LME warehouses saw their biggest jump in more than a year.

May 18, 2025

Emirates Global to build US aluminum plant touted by Trump next year

The smelter will have the capacity to produce as much as 600,000 tons a year of primary aluminum.

May 16, 2025

LME looks to curb big bets as energy trader billions rock metals

The LME has been discussing the appropriate level for position limits in informal conversations with market participants.

May 16, 2025

Guinea repossess 51 mining licences, information minister says

Guinea is home to the world's largest reserves of bauxite.