July 13, 2022

Column: Collapsing metal inventories clash with plunging prices

Shrinking exchange stocks should be a bullish price signal. Right now, however, macro is trumping micro as Western recession fears pummel the industrial metals complex.

July 11, 2022

China stimulus unlikely to reverse global metals meltdown

Commodity investors looking to China to reverse the severe rout in global metals markets may be disappointed.

July 8, 2022

Microwaves efficiently extract manganese, zinc from spent batteries

A distributed recycling system that uses microwave heating may be a more efficient mechanism for extracting metals from old alkaline batteries.

July 5, 2022

Nexa announces Aripuanã zinc mine ramp up

The mine is currently Nexa’s largest investment in Brazil and one of the few zinc projects in the world.

July 4, 2022

Metals melt down as recession fears overwhelm supply woes

Industrial metals have gone from boom to bust in the space of only three months, writes Andy Home.

July 1, 2022

Copper, zinc, nickel price rout continues despite rebound in China manufacturing 

“It is increasingly clear that concerns about demand are taking precedence over supply issues in the metals markets”.

July 1, 2022

Why sentiment in industrial metals has been crumbling

Industrial metal prices have just seen their biggest quarter of falls in many years.

June 29, 2022

EDM Resources secures $24m to take Nova Scotia zinc mine towards commercial production

An updated pre-feasibility in 2021 outlined an approximate 14-year mine that is capable of producing 35 million lb. of zinc and 15 million lb. of lead.

June 28, 2022

Site visit: Fireweed Zinc rebrands in pivot to the broader critical metals market

The name change follows its early June acquisition of the Mactung Tungsten project in Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

June 26, 2022

Metals haven’t crashed this hard since the Great Recession

Industrial metals are on track for the worst quarter since the 2008 financial crisis