November 15, 2022

Wealthiest nations offer Indonesia $20 billion to wean off coal

A group led by the US and Japan has offered Indonesia a $20bn package to help it pay for shifting to renewable energy.

November 14, 2022

No surge of Russian metal into LME warehouses, says exchange

The exchange released new data showing there was no major change in the amounts of Russian metal in LME warehouses last month.

November 14, 2022

InoBat eyes electric vehicle battery plant in Serbia

Company has said it wants to build a gigafactory in western Europe and one in eastern Europe.

November 14, 2022

Novel copper-based material key to safely convert heat into electricity

Researchers are working to replace toxic lead and tellurium in thermoelectric devices.

November 11, 2022

LME decides against ban on Russian metal

The metals industry has spent weeks debating what to do about supplies from Russia, which is a major producer of copper, nickel, aluminum and palladium.

November 11, 2022

Germany considers national fund in scramble for raw materials

Germany is already offering loan guarantees to commodity trading houses to buy energy and key metals.

November 10, 2022

France puts future of deep sea mining in doubt

A growing number of member states of the ISA have called for a “precautionary pause” or moratorium on mining due to the lack of scientific data on fragile and biodiverse…

November 10, 2022

One of world’s top gold-buying central banks is far from sated

Uzbekistan has brought the share of the precious metal in its $32 billion reserves to almost two-thirds, in a reversal of a plan to cut it below 50%.

November 10, 2022

Li-ion battery market to reach $430bn by 2033

According to IDTechEx, electric cars and transportation will represent the largest market.

November 9, 2022

Bosch taps IBM quantum computers in hunt for new EV materials

Robert Bosch plans to use more than twenty of IBM’s quantum computers to help identify alternatives to the metals and rare earth elements currently used in EVs.