April 14, 2023 Column: LME volumes still subdued a year after nickel crisis A year on from the nickel crisis the London Metal Exchange is still struggling to regain trading momentum.
April 12, 2023 Rio Tinto starts construction to expand capacity at Quebec aluminum smelter The $178 million investment will allow more of Rio's aluminium production to be used to make billets from renewable hydroelectric power.
April 12, 2023 Glencore adds Russian aluminum to LME system Higher stocks of Russian aluminum on the LME are a concern as they could weigh on benchmark prices.
April 11, 2023 More than half of aluminum in LME warehouses produced in Russia The exchange has not banned Russian metals from being traded and stored in its system since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
April 6, 2023 Musk puts $14 trillion price tag on sticking by fossil fuels At peak levels, the world would need to dig up 3.3 gigatons of earth every year to obtain the necessary metals.
April 4, 2023 Shanghai Futures Exchange lowers margin requirements for metals trading Margin requirements for copper and aluminum will be lowered from 12% to 9%.
March 27, 2023 US Supreme Court turns away challenge to Trump’s tariffs on steel imports The top court declined to hear a challenge to the steel import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump in 2018.
March 23, 2023 Rusal plans further lawsuit against Potanin over Nornickel pact Rusal wishes to "bring certain further claims" against Potanin and his affiliate Whiteleave Holdings.
March 17, 2023 Rusal reports 2022 profit slump as aluminum costs soar Rusal's net profit fell by around 44%.
March 17, 2023 Hydrogen-based thermal power produced using aluminum scrap Found Energy produced 20 kW of continuous, hydrogen-based thermal power using 1 kilogram of hard-to-recycle aluminum scrap.
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