June 23, 2022 New squeeze hits London metal market with zinc spreads spiking The premium for spot zinc over futures spiked on Thursday to the widest since 1997.
June 23, 2022 Swiss gold refiners say they didn’t import mystery Russian metal Over 3 tons of gold -- worth about $200 million -- was shipped from Russia to Switzerland in May, almost all of which was marked as being for refining.
June 23, 2022 LME appoints consultancy to review chaotic nickel suspension The exchange suspended nickel trading on March 8 after prices spiked by more than 50% to hit $100,000 a tonne.
June 23, 2022 Tesla and Volkswagen square off in duel for electric-car dominance Tesla delivered more than 936,000 EVs worldwide last year, while VW sold some 453,000 fully electric cars.
June 23, 2022 Polymetal expects silver to account for less than 5% of 2022 sales The company has not been directly targeted by Western sanctions imposed on Moscow after it sent thousands of troops into Ukraine on February 24.
June 22, 2022 Who’s still buying fossil fuels from Russia? Despite looming sanctions and import bans, Russia exported $97.7 billion worth of fossil fuels in the first 100 days since its invasion of Ukraine.
June 22, 2022 Umicore plan to double down on battery business knocks almost $1bn off market cap The Belgian company presented a 5 billion euro plan to bulk up its battery materials business by 2026.
June 22, 2022 De Beers sale shows stronger US and Chinese demand De Beers sold $650m of diamonds, slightly up from $604m at the previous sale this year, but higher than the $477m this time in 2021.
June 22, 2022 CEO of sanctions-hit Nordgold steps down Nordgold produces about one million troy ounces of gold a year from eight mines in Russia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Kazakhstan.
June 21, 2022 Russia eyes new rules on state’s gold, gem sales amid war The Finance Ministry proposed this week to put a portion of the country’s gold and gems into a special reserve that can be accessed in times of war.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
