March 15, 2021 Tier 2 Li-ion battery manufacturers’ gigafactories expanding capacity Roskill forecasts some Tier 2 battery makers will boost their standing and reach Tier 1 status in the next 2-5 years.
March 14, 2021 Top Chinese steelmaking city to punish firms that stray from anti-pollution plan Firms in the city's heavy industry have been told to limit or halt production during heavily polluted days.
March 12, 2021 Iron ore price dives on China pollution crackdown China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has urged the country's top steelmaking city – Tangshan – to crack down on violators of air quality rules.
March 12, 2021 Home: US anti-dumping duties escalate aluminum trade friction The United States has this month slapped anti-dumping duties on imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from 18 countries.
March 12, 2021 Booming electric vehicle sales drive surge in cobalt prices The price of the metal stands at $53,000 per tonne, up 65% this year and around its highest since December 2018.
March 11, 2021 Russel: Iron ore demand recovering outside China, but will it be enough? The price of spot iron ore for delivery to north China has fallen in recent sessions as the market struggles to work through a competing series of both bullish and…
March 11, 2021 Cobalt, nickel free electric car batteries are a runaway success Few months in, LFP Model 3 already commands 5% of global EV market, counts for 21% of Tesla battery capacity hitting roads–even before key patent expiry next year.
March 11, 2021 EU plans to make battery cells for 7m EV cars by 2025 – Handelsblatt As part of its plan to become climate neutral by 2050, the EU wants to boost local production of battery cells to power clean vehicles without relying on imports, especially…
March 11, 2021 Despite wobbles, demand to push copper price Chile's mininster says the underlying trend of rising demand remains intact despite hard-to-read daily market gyrations.
March 10, 2021 Trader buys $36m of copper and gets painted rocks instead The saga unfolds like a gangland thriller, with the Swiss trading house saying it’s been the victim of cargo fraud.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
