July 14, 2022

Rio Tinto invests $188m to upgrade aluminum smelter in Quebec

The investment is expected to generate nearly $160 million (C$200 million) in economic benefits for Quebec.

July 13, 2022

Column: Collapsing metal inventories clash with plunging prices

Shrinking exchange stocks should be a bullish price signal. Right now, however, macro is trumping micro as Western recession fears pummel the industrial metals complex.

July 12, 2022

China’s imports of key commodities set to make a patchy recovery on growing mobility

Among metals, copper imports are expected to post a modest pickup even though demand remains sluggish.

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.