December 4, 2022

Lack of refuelling infrastructure hindering adoption of fuel cell vehicles – report

The lack of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure hinders fuel cell vehicle rollout, according to IDTechEx.

December 4, 2022

German minister pursuing hydrogen in Namibia, South Africa

Minister Robert Habeck is visiting Namibia and South Africa to secure new energy resources for Europe’s biggest economy.

December 2, 2022

HSBC resigns as LME member after exiting industrial metals

The bank was a small player in industrial metals, but told Reuters in July 2020 that returns were too low to justify continuing the business.

December 2, 2022

Volkswagen searches for battery cell plant sites in Canada

The German carmaker's first battery cell factory in North America would help VW expand its battery business outside Europe.

December 1, 2022

Airbus says to decouple from Russian titanium ‘in months’

The European Union has so far avoided banning Russian commodities other than steel and coal, and titanium remains exempt from restrictions.

December 1, 2022

BMW invests in low carbon copper firm Jetti

Jetti has the technology to extract more copper from low-grade resources and produce metal with a low carbon footprint.

December 1, 2022

JPMorgan joins HSBC as vault custodian for top gold ETF

The lender will now act as an additional custodian for the SPDR Gold Trust, according to a statement from the World Gold Council.

December 1, 2022

CME cobalt contract use soars above LME as big players join

Consumers, producers, commodity traders, brokers and banks are backing the CME's cash-settled contract as they want a liquid instrument to hedge cobalt.

December 1, 2022

Investors with $30 trillion to push companies on human rights, social issues

Plan to focus first on metals & mining, renewables sectors.

December 1, 2022

Rare earths ‘spill the tea’ on how deep magma eruptions initiate

Researchers found huge magma eruptions can initiate deeper below the earth's surface than previously believed.