September 30, 2022

Aluminum price extends gains after record spike on Russia supply fears

Aluminum climbed for a third day following a record 8.5% intraday gain.

September 29, 2022

Ferrari owner says energy transition shakeup could create a new Tesla

John Elkann, the scion of Italy’s Agnelli clan, sees potential for a “new Tesla” to emerge from the current wave of energy transition.

September 29, 2022

RANKED: World’s largest clay and hard rock lithium projects

In a snapshot of the global project pipeline, Miningintelligence data provides a ranking of the largest projects in 2022.

September 29, 2022

Sandvik to book charges of $471 million in third quarter

Approximately 600 million crowns of losses stem from Sandvik's wind-down in Russia.

September 29, 2022

Glencore reviews lead operations at Italian plant due to high power prices

Glencore put zinc sulphide operations at the Portovesme plant on care and maintenance in November 2021, but continued production of zinc recycling and lead.

September 29, 2022

LME mulling consultation on banning Russian metal

Reuters sources say the exchange was planning to discuss banning new deliveries of Russian metal so its warehouses cannot be used to offload hard-to-sell stock.

September 29, 2022

Niobium could be key to supercapacitators

New research from Umeå University proposes the idea of using niobium molecules as building blocks to design electrochemical energy storage materials.

September 28, 2022

Alrosa discovers 22 new diamond deposits in Zimbabwe

Alrosa will only be allowed to work on two of the diamond deposits, while the rest will be made available to other investors.

September 28, 2022

Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.

September 27, 2022

Norsk Hydro cuts aluminum output as demand falls

Hydro's Norwegian plants produce just over 1 million tonnes of aluminum annually.