Chile’s climate scientist minister eyes tougher rules for top copper mining nation
Maisa Rojas, a leading climate scientist with a PhD from Oxford, is on a mission to strengthen the Andean country's environmental rules.
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Elemental shareholders reject Gold Royalties’ hostile takeover bid
The final value of the bid was a discount of approximately 29% to the value of Elemental’s shares.
Copper stocks are building again, weighing on prices
Copper prices dropped to 8-month lows this week and a new report says headwinds for the bellwether will only get stronger over the rest of the year.
Iron ore price set for biggest weekly drop since February on covid restrictions
Iron ore has fallen around a quarter from this year’s peak in early March as covid restrictions spread.
Nickel tycoon has cut big short position by more than half
Xiang Guangda bought contracts in the market to reduce his short bet by about 10,000 lots, or 60,000 tonnes, mainly in the last two weeks.
Billionaire eyes Washington’s last coal plant for green hydrogen
Fortescue is considering building a green hydrogen facility near Washington State’s last operating coal-fired power station.
Column: China lifts metals exports as Western supply chains buckle
The current highly unusual flow of Chinese unwrought aluminum to Europe attests to the extreme dislocation in global supply chains, writes Andy Home.
Aluminum price rises on low supply as base metals end fear-filled week
“Overall in the short term, industrial metals will still remain under heavy pressure,” said the ING Bank.
Nornickel is first Russian firm to get OK to keep listing abroad
The approval has been needed since President Vladimir Putin April signed a bill requiring Russian companies to delist their depositary receipts abroad.