April 5, 2022 JPMorgan reviewing commodity exposure after nickel chaos Bloomberg sources say it’s possible that it could result in JPMorgan scaling back activity in commodities.
April 5, 2022 IGO says Western Areas may nix $829 million buyout IGO says its takeover of nickel producer Western Areas might fall through after an independent expert concluded the offer was "neither fair nor reasonable".
April 5, 2022 Biden’s battery metals boost could ease US dependence on China Reducing the US’s dependence on China for battery materials is a uniquely bipartisan issue.
April 5, 2022 Canada to invest $1.6 billion on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain Canada last month announced financial support for building two facilities that will make battery materials for electric vehicles, and one battery gigafactory.
April 5, 2022 Global nickel smelting up in March despite Ukraine, satellite data shows Russia supplies about 10% of the world's nickel.
April 5, 2022 ‘Salty’ freeze-thaw battery a step toward seasonal storage The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a ‘freeze-thaw battery’ that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
April 4, 2022 LME faces UK regulatory review over nickel market turmoil The Financial Conduct Authority will review the suspension and resumption of the nickel market last month.
April 4, 2022 LME introduces 15% daily price limits for all metals The exchange suspended nickel trading on March 8 after prices spiked by more than 50% to hit $100,000 a tonne.
April 1, 2022 Carmakers will “need to become miners” – Benchmark Even if every lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite green and brownfield project in the pipeline comes on stream “there will not be enough” raw material going into 2030.
April 1, 2022 LME nickel volumes tumbled 28% in March amid shutdown The average daily volume of combined LME nickel futures and options slumped to 64,952 lots in March.
Silver price: Here’s what to watch for after wild ride past $80 Surging investor interest in China has been a key driver of silver prices in recent days. December 30, 2025 | 08:59 am
