April 15, 2024 Metals whipsawed as sanctions on new Russian supplies rattle LME Aluminum jumped as much as 9.4% as the market opened, the most since the current form of the contract was launched in 1987.
April 15, 2024 Horizonte Minerals fails to secure financing, considering mine sale The company considers selling its Brazilian nickel mine amidst low prices and supply surplus from Indonesia.
April 15, 2024 New metals sanctions push Russia further into China’s embrace The sanctions now leave the Shanghai Futures Exchange as the only major commodities bourse in the world to accept Russian shipments.
April 15, 2024 Vale operations in Brazil now 100% renewable energy-powered The world's top iron ore and nickel miner said that 100% of the electricity used in its local operations last year came from green sources.
April 13, 2024 LME bans Russian-origin metal after UK, US impose new sanctions The London Metal Exchange (LME) on Saturday banned from its system Russian metal produced on or after April 13.
April 12, 2024 US, UK take action targeting Russian aluminum, copper and nickel A UK official said London expected any market disruption to stabilize quickly.
April 12, 2024 US plans chips, nickel deals in Philippines as defense ties grow The US is supporting a grant to Eramen Minerals to develop an ore-to-nickel and cobalt processing plant.
April 11, 2024 Denarius sees quick restart for former Lundin nickel-copper mine in Spain The Aguablanca mine will produce a total of 43.2 million lb. nickel and 34.6 million lb. copper plus gold, platinum, and palladium.
April 11, 2024 Flying Nickel updates Minago resource, including first PGM estimate The MRE showed a 42% increase in the in-pit portion of the M&I nickel resource.
April 11, 2024 Canada Nickel starts working on Crawford, eyes 2027 production The company has started front end engineering design at the northern Ontario project, expected to be in production by late 2027.
Australia’s VHM scraps offtake deal with Shenghe Resources The Goschen project is VHM's flagship development, focused on extracting critical minerals such as rare earth elements and titanium. January 11, 2026 | 04:08 pm
US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China for rare earths Aside from Japan, G7 members remain heavily dependent on critical minerals from China, which has threatened to impose strict export controls. January 11, 2026 | 09:07 am
Rio Tinto’s bid for Glencore piles pressure on BHP If BHP keeps out of the current talks, it may consider another deal to retain its leadership. January 11, 2026 | 07:49 am