May 5, 2021 Britain set to stockpile metals for electric cars to beat Chinese threat – The Telegraph Officials at the Department for Business are discussing options to protect the United Kingdom's access to vital materials including lithium and cobalt.
May 5, 2021 Iron ore price surges as steel rally fires up demand Expectations are building that benchmark prices can get to $200 a tonne.
May 5, 2021 Home: China’s super-charged buying reshapes the copper market China’s net imports of refined copper surged by 38% to 4.4 million tonnes last year, breaking all historical records.
May 5, 2021 Metals price rally could hamper switch to green energy — IEA Prices for commodities — from lithium to cobalt — have hit record highs as demand for clean energy technologies increases.
May 4, 2021 Copper price could spike to $13,000 on low stocks – BofA Prompt delivery copper prices spike as inventories in LME warehouses fall 20% from mid-April.
May 4, 2021 Aluminum price rises on supply worries as China pledge’s emission curbs Coal-fired power is used by more than 80% of China's aluminum smelters.
May 3, 2021 Russell: China seeks to cool red-hot steel sector, and aims at Australia Beijing and Canberra have been at loggerheads for more than a year over a variety of political issues, but the fallout has been concentrated in trade.
May 2, 2021 Lithium producers grow bullish as EV revolution turbocharges demand Growing industry optimism from higher lithium prices is a change from last year when funding for mines and processing plants dried up during the pandemic.
April 30, 2021 Chile output falls for 10th consecutive month, adding fuel to copper price rally Chile's copper production fell 2.2% year on year in Q1 2021, according to government statistics agency INE.
April 30, 2021 Copper price surge toward a record high is hitting Chinese industry Some Chinese manufacturers of electric wire have idled units and delayed deliveries or even defaulted on bank loans.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
