March 18, 2022 The world’s biggest commodities markets are starting to seize up Prices of materials like crude, gas, wheat and metals have become alarmingly erratic as a gulf emerges between buyers and sellers who are facing big financing strains.
March 18, 2022 Nickel price drops 12% in another glitchy start to London trading Electronic trading stalled again Friday after a short flurry of deals when the market opened.
March 17, 2022 The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.
March 17, 2022 5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now? Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.
March 17, 2022 Nickel price plunges as traders fume over latest London Metals mayhem Nickel fell by the maximum allowed for a second day as the market seeks to reset from last week’s historic short squeeze.
March 17, 2022 LME rips up its free-market rule-book to tame wild metals You can tell the London Metal Exchange is new to price limits, writes Andy Home.
March 17, 2022 Eramet, Suez eye EV battery recycling in France by 2024 The joint project would produce black mass, a metal concentrate containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, lithium and graphite that is suitable for hydrometallurgical refining.
March 17, 2022 Carbon-neutral biosurfactants may help boost mineral extraction from low-grade ores “The world’s growing reliance on minerals and metals in the transition to a clean energy future is exceeding current extraction capabilities."
March 16, 2022 Russia pressures metals producers to keep prices at home low The government has asked steel, nickel and aluminum producers to maintain low prices at home.
March 16, 2022 Markets must adapt to lack of Russian, Ukrainian commodities, Glencore says Russia is a key supplier of oil, natural gas, coal, aluminum and nickel, while Ukraine is a major grain producer.
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes Copper prices exceed $12,000 a tonne for the first time on record due to mine disruptions and tariffs, despite weak demand in China. December 23, 2025 | 05:39 am