April 26, 2022

CME steps up battle against LME with new aluminum contracts

CME Group has made major strides in its competition with the larger London Metal Exchange in recent years.

April 23, 2022

Indian aluminium producer NALCO faces coal scarcity due to train shortage

Coal supplies are being diverted to priority electricity generation.

April 21, 2022

Coal billionaire to use profit boom to begin green shift

PT Adaro Energy, one of Indonesia’s biggest coal miners, is shifting to renewable energy after making a fortune from surging commodity prices.

April 21, 2022

Alcoa sinks as aluminum shipments fall in sign of waning demand

Alcoa shares dropped the most in eight months after the aluminum producer said sales slumped.

April 20, 2022

Putin wants Russia to boost its use of metals to counter sanctions

Russia is a major producer of metals including aluminum, nickel, copper and steel.

April 20, 2022

Russian metals producers want Putin to ease taxes amid war

Mining and metals companies want the tax system to return to how it was before changes made last year that effectively raised levies.

April 18, 2022

Top 50 mining companies power through covid adding $1 trillion in value

Buoyant lithium, copper and gold prices lift value of top 50 mining stocks $1 trillion above covid lows – Russian miners prove resilient. 

April 18, 2022

China’s spreading lockdowns keeping metals supply chains snarled

China decided to stick with its Covid Zero policy, despite growing evidence that it’s threatening economic growth.  

April 17, 2022

Oleg Deripaska’s superyacht sails on as sanctions bite

The aluminum billionaire's 39-foot yacht had been in the Indian Ocean for at least two months as scrutiny around Russian oligarchs increased.

April 12, 2022

Guinea junta turns up the heat on bauxite miners

Guinea shipments at an all-time high but local value-adding a problem – report.