January 11, 2023 Ivanhoe Electric ties up with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden The companies have formed a 50/50 joint venture to explore for metals considered key for the global energy transition.
January 10, 2023 Mystery buyer helped fuel nickel squeeze with $600 million bet The mystery buyer represented 13% of net buying in the market on March 7, according to the Oliver Wyman report.
January 10, 2023 LME to decide nickel reforms by end of first quarter Months after turbulence highlighted shortcomings in LME oversight, the nickel contract remains broken.
January 10, 2023 India’s foray into the EV battery market lacks some key ingredients The government has unveiled incentives of at least $3.4 billion to expedite its lagging adoption of EVs.
January 10, 2023 Vale evaluates offers for $2.5 billion base metals unit Vale Base Metals, to be based in the UK, will have nickel mines in Canada and Indonesia, copper mines in Brazil, and interests in cobalt and platinum group metals.
January 10, 2023 Europe needs to invest over €300 billion in the next two years to reach climate goals — study Researchers say the most dramatic increase in the need for investment is in power generation from renewable energies.
January 9, 2023 Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…
January 9, 2023 Nickel market faces new shock as ‘Big Shot’ boosts metal output The billionaire at the center of last year’s nickel short squeeze is planning a major shift in his production mix.
January 6, 2023 Column: New year, new nickel market after LME’s 2022 meltdown? The LME contract has returned, but it is much diminished.
January 5, 2023 LME chair to step down, exchange declines comment on reason Gay Huey Evans will step down as LME chair, but declined to comment on whether it was due to regulatory reviews into the nickel market events.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
