March 18, 2022

The world’s biggest commodities markets are starting to seize up

Prices of materials like crude, gas, wheat and metals have become alarmingly erratic as a gulf emerges between buyers and sellers who are facing big financing strains.

March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.

March 16, 2022

Russia pressures metals producers to keep prices at home low

The government has asked steel, nickel and aluminum producers to maintain low prices at home.

March 15, 2022

Rusal’s Jamaica operations to continue as usual, minister says

Rusal, which is not under sanctions by the US, runs a bauxite and alumina production complex in Jamaica.

March 15, 2022

Aluminum price leads metals lower as China lockdowns threaten economy

The European Union excluded aluminum, copper and nickel from its latest set of trade restrictions on Russia.

March 15, 2022

Rusal diverts ore to Ireland after Ukraine plant shuttered

Nikolaev alumina plant shut because of conflict in Ukraine.

March 14, 2022

Ukraine crisis rocks the London Metal Exchange

The more immediate concern for all metals traders is whether the LME can fix its broken nickel contract, writes Andy Home.

March 14, 2022

Musk says Tesla, SpaceX face ‘significant’ inflationary pressure

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a surge in prices of metals used in cars - from aluminum in the bodywork to palladium in catalytic converters to the high-grade…

March 10, 2022

How ‘leaky waves’ from ambient noise can reveal what lies underneath earth’s surface

Researchers have improved the way of studying the geologic structures beneath earth's surface by using ambient noise.

March 10, 2022

Rio Tinto cuts ties with Russian businesses over Ukraine war

The decision throws into doubt the future of Rio's aluminum joint venture with Rusal and an Irish refinery, key to Europe’s aluminum sector.