May 30, 2022 Shrinking stocks likely mean more LME metal price volatility Overall stocks in LME warehouses have fallen below 900,000 tonnes from levels above two million tonnes in January 2021.
April 20, 2022 Column: Tin price still flying high despite resurgent production Global refined tin production surged by 11% last year but production rebound hasn't done much to cool prices, writes Andy Home.
April 19, 2022 Alphamin kicks off potential sale as tin prices surge Alphamin announced in November it was seeking a strategic review to maximize shareholder value.
April 8, 2022 Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022 Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]
March 28, 2022 Mick Davis’ Vision Blue joins backers for Cornish Metals tin mine Battery metals investment vehicle Vision Blue will own about 25% of Cornish Metals and will have a seat on its board.
March 7, 2022 Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.
March 3, 2022 Copper close to record, zinc at 15-year high, nickel nears $28,000 as metal price rally gains momentum Industrial metals "are just waking up" to the supply risk from Ukraine-Russia war, low stockpiles and soaring energy costs.
February 27, 2022 There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s Rio Tinto.
February 22, 2022 USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four.
February 10, 2022 Indonesia suspends operations of more than 1,000 miners President Joko Widodo last month revoked the permits of more than 2,000 companies due to poor compliance.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
