October 26, 2022

Inflation-hit miners are seeing early signs of cost relief

The financial chiefs of First Quantum Minerals and Lundin Mining noted a shifting trend on costs for mine supplies during their third-quarter earnings calls.

October 25, 2022

LME partner Metalshub targets lower-content nickel trading

The lack of lower-content nickel trading on the LME was a factor that helped fuel a wild spike in LME nickel prices in March.

October 25, 2022

Volkswagen: we have never had supply chain shortages like today

"We never used to talk to mining operators - now we know their business model," chief Murat Aksel said.

October 24, 2022

Brokers balk as nickel tycoon seeks to add to LME short position

Tsingshan is talking to brokers about starting to increase its position on the London Metal Exchange as a hedge for its own nickel output.

October 24, 2022

Jokowi’s metals downstreaming push leads to record FDI surge

Foreign-direct investments into Indonesia surged by the most on record, driven by the metals industry.

October 24, 2022

Rusal files London lawsuit against Potanin over Nornickel pact

Rusal filed a lawsuit alleging that Vladimir Potanin, CEO of Nornickel, is in breach of a decade-old deal.

October 24, 2022

Analysis: Biden’s EV minerals cash fruitless without permitting reform

President Joe Biden last week doled out $2.8-billion to miners developing new US sources of lithium, nickel, copper, and other EV minerals.

October 23, 2022

Scientists want to produce cosmic mineral to replace REEs in industrial magnets

Researchers are looking to decouple rare earths from magnet production.

October 21, 2022

Vale CEO says miner will spin off copper, nickel unit

Rather than selling all or part of it, the company is now looking to separate and ring-fence the copper and nickel unit from the iron ore business.

October 21, 2022

LME Week: cocktails, canapés and crises

Trading volumes have been sliding sharply since the nickel blow-out in March and there's lingering uncertainty as to the future of the exchange's iconic open outcry trading ring, writes Andy…