August 12, 2022

Mercedes, CATL partner on $7.6 billion Hungary battery plant

The plant will have capacity of 100 gigawatt hours, enough to power more than 1 million cars, and will run on renewable energy.

August 12, 2022

Column: Scarcity changes the LME warehousing game

Scarcity in the physical supply chain has drained metal away from the exchange, hitting rental revenue for storage suppliers, writes Andy Home.

August 12, 2022

Production costs soar at Rusal due to Russia-Ukraine conflict

Company reported a 33% jump in first-half production costs on Friday.

August 12, 2022

Glencore cuts off Chinese trader caught up in missing copper scandal

Huludao Ruisheng's storage site in Qinhuangdao is reportedly holding about one-third of the 300,000 tonnes of copper concentrate it should have.

August 11, 2022

Stolberg lead plant to reopen when sale to Nyrstar approved

The plant, in the west of Germany, was sold to commodities group Trafigura in July.

August 11, 2022

Graphic: Copper speculators anticipate downturn for market and the world

Data shows more funds with bearish positions than bullish copper positions on the London Metal Exchange and COMEX.

August 10, 2022

MKS PAMP appoints managing director of its Swiss refinery

Phaedon Stamatopoulos to drive growth based in Ticino region.

August 10, 2022

Tiny pure-gold pin is ‘pulsing heart’ of European space mission

A minuscule gold pin is one of the few materials able to withstand the highly-erosive individual oxygen atoms prevailing at the top of the atmosphere.

August 10, 2022

Coal’s skyrocketing prices could last years on Russia disruption

The EU’s ban on Russian coal that begins this month will boost demand for imports from other countries like Indonesia and Australia.

August 9, 2022

Goldman analyst calls out ‘deeply disappointing’ energy bets

The ESG industry has focused “too heavily” on blacklisting all fossil fuels, exacerbating an energy crisis that can’t be addressed without embracing natural gas, researcher says.