June 14, 2022 China’s lead surplus to offset shortages in US and Europe Lead premiums in China's bonded warehouses have been around $130 a tonne since 2020.
May 19, 2022 South Africans’ hair reveals heavy metal exposure from mining at Witwatersrand Researchers are analyzing individual hair samples from people living and working around the Witwatersrand basin to determine the degree of uranium contamination.
May 17, 2022 China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals Unlike in the era of Sputnik and Apollo, the world’s top superpowers can’t even agree on basic principles to govern the next generation of space activity.
May 13, 2022 Column: China lifts metals exports as Western supply chains buckle The current highly unusual flow of Chinese unwrought aluminum to Europe attests to the extreme dislocation in global supply chains, writes Andy Home.
May 4, 2022 SRK Consulting unpacks critical opportunities and challenges facing the African mining sector SRK Consulting believes Africa can be the ‘missing resources link’ as the world prepares for an accelerating energy transition.
April 29, 2022 Nexa production drops, but financial results rise in Q1 One of the largest zinc mining companies in the world, the company reported consolidated net revenue of $722 million, compared to $603 million in the same period of 2020.
April 28, 2022 Could bacteria replace chemicals in mining? Some types of bacteria can “loosen up” rocks to release metals and minerals, making them easier to crush and grind.
April 14, 2022 Vanishing LME shadow stocks add to metals market turmoil Exchange stocks of aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin, and zinc haven't been this low since the last century, writes Andy Home.
April 8, 2022 Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022 Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]
April 8, 2022 Gatos Silver achieves record quarterly production, shares up It produced a record 2.39 million oz. of silver during the first quarter of 2022, representing a 58% increase over Q1 2021.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am
