September 22, 2022

Moody’s downgrades mining sector outlook to negative

Forecast reflects expectations that aggregate EBITDA will contract for the largest Moody's-rated metals and mining companies.

September 22, 2022

Elon Musk may regret putting Tesla’s first European plant in Germany

There have been signs Germany’s bureaucracy could be costly with respect to Tesla’s investment in Gruenheide.

September 21, 2022

More than half of US car sales will be electric by 2030

In 2021, electric vehicles accounted for less than 5% of sales in the US, below the global rate of nearly 9%.

September 20, 2022

Philippines’ new nickel miner completes maiden ore shipment to China

Ipilan's inaugural shipment from its mine in the western Philippine province of Palawan was sold to Guangdong Century Tsingshan Nickel Industry.

September 19, 2022

JPMorgan reduces credit to China’s Tsingshan and metal clients globally

LME brokers were approached by Tsingshan for credit.

September 19, 2022

Investing abroad could be the solution to America’s clean energy future

Investing in mineral-rich countries would be easier than building new mines in the US, said Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Executive Editor Henry Sanderson in an interview.

September 18, 2022

Tycoon running a quarter of China’s copper trade is on the ropes

Maike Metals is suffering a liquidity crisis, and He Jinbi's empire is under threat.

September 17, 2022

Nornickel plans to raise employees’ stake in mining giant, says top shareholder

Nornickel plans to increase the equity holdings of employees and other individuals to collectively comprise 25% of the company, up from 10% now.

September 16, 2022

LME faces suit from funds including AQR over nickel crisis

The LME is already facing lawsuits from Jane Street and Paul Singer’s Elliott Investment Management over its handling of the March nickel crisis.

September 15, 2022

Column: Can Europe save its industrial metals production sector?

The European Commission's focus on future-looking metals seems to have blind-sided it to the older metals that are also required to decarbonize, writes Andy Home.