Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths.

Company said daily order intake in its Manufacturing and Machining Solutions division grew roughly 20% year-on-year in the first two weeks of July.

Britishvolt's decision on whether to list in London or New York will be made within three months.

Prosecutors have told Swiss authorities they have proof of an alleged money-laundering ring spanning from Africa to Europe.

The world of metals trading is becoming increasingly multi-polar, reflecting the rise of China's futures markets over the last decade.

The deal will give Concord access to an additional 600,000 tonnes of alumina per year on top of the 1.4 million tonnes it already handles, which would make it one of the world’s leading traders of alumina.

Supercycle bulls will argue that this is just a temporary soft spot before green infrastructure stimulus starts building momentum in Europe and the United States.

A strong price environment had seen miners look at the economics of reopening mothballed operations, one consultancy says.