July 11, 2022

China stimulus unlikely to reverse global metals meltdown

Commodity investors looking to China to reverse the severe rout in global metals markets may be disappointed.

July 6, 2022

White-hot metal market cools in warning for global economy

A white-hot corner of the aluminum market that for months defied a broader slide in metal prices is finally slumping.

July 6, 2022

Potanin a major obstacle to $60 billion Rusal, Nornickel merger

Potanin has said a tie-up could strengthen the companies' defences against any sanctions the West might impose on them.

July 5, 2022

Russia’s Potanin weighs big metals merger as defence against sanctions

Nornickel-Rusal merger would create national champion and would also help to resist sanctions, Potanin said.

July 3, 2022

Aluminum ‘on steroids’ may be copper’s next competitor

PNNL researchers are working to increase the conductivity of aluminum, making it economically competitive with copper.

July 1, 2022

Copper, zinc, nickel price rout continues despite rebound in China manufacturing 

“It is increasingly clear that concerns about demand are taking precedence over supply issues in the metals markets”.

July 1, 2022

Why sentiment in industrial metals has been crumbling

Industrial metal prices have just seen their biggest quarter of falls in many years.

June 30, 2022

Metals set for worst quarter since 2008 on global downturn angst

The London Metal Exchange Index has tumbled 23% since the end of March.

June 29, 2022

Rio Tinto, Corona Canada pilot country’s first specially-marked low carbon can

Rio Tinto will leverage insights from its initiative to allow consumers to use QR codes to see exactly how their products were made from mine to market – including sustainability data.

June 26, 2022

Metals haven’t crashed this hard since the Great Recession

Industrial metals are on track for the worst quarter since the 2008 financial crisis