March 21, 2022 Volkswagen unveils Asian ventures to secure nickel, cobalt Volkswagen will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure up to 120kt nickel and 15kt cobalt per year.
March 20, 2022 Nickel squeeze threatens London’s place at heart of metals trade Investors are furious with the LME for allowing prices to soar 250% in less than two days.
March 18, 2022 Goldman bids for nickel off-exchange about 32% below LME price The bank has been offering to trade contracts in commodity index products, such as the S&P GSCI, whose constituents include nickel.
March 18, 2022 Canadian Exploration Snapshot: Seven juniors exploring the country Canada is among the world’s premier jurisdictions for mineral exploration and mining and has become a go-to destination for the industry.
March 18, 2022 LME boss says banks are partly to blame for nickel short squeeze Banks last year lobbied against efforts to increase transparency in metals markets, LME chief executive Matthew Chamberlain said in an interview.
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.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am
