March 17, 2023 LME rocked by new nickel scandal after finding bags of stones The LME has discovered bags of stones instead of the nickel that underpinned a small handful of its contracts at a warehouse in Rotterdam.
March 17, 2023 Copper price rises as banking crisis woes ease Investors welcomed news of a large group of banks infusing cash into US lender First Republic Bank.
March 17, 2023 Volkswagen to invest in mines in bid to become global battery supplier Europe's biggest carmaker wants its battery unit PowerCo to become a global battery supplier.
March 17, 2023 Rusal reports 2022 profit slump as aluminum costs soar Rusal's net profit fell by around 44%.
March 16, 2023 Germany in talks with coal giant to end mining eight years early Germany wants to phase out coal in 2030. Now it needs to get the companies to help it comply.
March 16, 2023 Lockheed Martin sells deep-sea mining firm to Norway’s Loke UK Seabed Resources holds a 100% interest in two deep sea mineral licences in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
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.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
