March 16, 2023 EU tags copper and nickel as strategic, but industry wants more The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) unveiled by the EU adds the two major industrial metals to a list that had previously focused on more niche minerals.
March 16, 2023 Glencore won’t renew Rusal aluminum deal as things stand Glencore Plc is willing to walk away from a $16 billion deal to buy aluminum from Russia’s No. 1 producer.
March 16, 2023 Glencore CEO says his company is cheapest way to benefit from copper price boom Larger rivals BHP Group and Rio Tinto Group have already made billion-dollar moves to grow in copper in the past year.
March 15, 2023 Moody’s upgrades global metals & mining outlook to stable The investors service maintained its 12-month price assumptions and medium-term sensitivity ranges for all commodities except coal.
March 15, 2023 Polyus reports 27% drop in core profit as sales fall Net profit declined 32% to $1.6 billion on the back of a 14% fall in revenue to $4.3 billion.
March 15, 2023 BHP potentially faces $44 billion bill in Brazil dam case The lawsuit, one of the largest in English legal history, was thrown out in 2020 before the Court of Appeal ruled in July that it could proceed.
March 15, 2023 Gold price rebounds as fresh banking crisis hits risk appetite The latest rally comes despite a sharp jump in the US currency, which would usually weigh on demand for the greenback-priced bullion.
March 13, 2023 Trafigura’s head of metals operations to leave in restructuring Svetlana Kabanova, who ran operations for Trafigura’s metals trading unit, is leaving the company.
March 13, 2023 Europe balks at strategic stockpile for critical green metals The energy crisis has hurt production of several key industrial commodities, exacerbating worries about supply.
March 13, 2023 Nornickel board rejects Rusal proposal to replace chairman Rusal had proposed replacing current chairman Andrei Bugrov with independent director.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
