April 23, 2024 LME takes aim at traders’ Russian metal games with new rules New measures designed to undercut the economic rationale for withdrawing Russian metal already on the LME and selling it back on the exchange under a less-desirable category.
April 21, 2024 New process recovers five times more lithium from waste than existing technology Scientists discovered that aluminum hydroxide can adsorb five times more lithium than can be collected using previously developed adsorbent materials.
April 19, 2024 Glencore and Trafigura’s sanctions games are draining the LME The world’s two biggest metals traders plan to withdraw the metal to profit from a new multi-tiered system created by the sanctions.
April 18, 2024 Glencore acts to profit from LME post-sanction rule change Glencore aims to take thousands of metric tons of Russian aluminum from the LME and return it at a later date to profit from rule changes.
April 17, 2024 Biden calls for tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel The Biden administration is also pressuring neighboring Mexico to prohibit China from selling its metal products to the United States indirectly from there.
April 17, 2024 Traders are already gaming the new Russian metal sanctions The opportunity lies in massive piles of Russian metal already sitting in the LME global warehouse network.
April 16, 2024 Shares in two Australian miners surge on government loans The Australian government will provide a combined A$585 million to Alpha HPA and Renascor Resources.
April 16, 2024 Verde Magnesium granted mining rights in Romania Backed by US private equity investor Amerocap, Verde aims to break Europe's reliance on Chinese imports of magnesium metal.
April 15, 2024 Metals whipsawed as sanctions on new Russian supplies rattle LME Aluminum jumped as much as 9.4% as the market opened, the most since the current form of the contract was launched in 1987.
April 15, 2024 New metals sanctions push Russia further into China’s embrace The sanctions now leave the Shanghai Futures Exchange as the only major commodities bourse in the world to accept Russian shipments.
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