April 11, 2022

EXPLAINER: LME under the regulatory spotlight after nickel debacle

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) have announced a rare joint intervention into what happened on the London Metal Exchange's nickel market

April 10, 2022

Atalaya, Endesa X to build largest solar farm for a mining operation in Spain

The 50-MW solar facility will be located in the municipality of Minas de Riotinto, where Atalaya’s local subsidiary operates the historic Riotinto mine.

April 8, 2022

Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022

Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]

April 8, 2022

BMW, Volkswagen suppliers face scrutiny over ties to Xinjiang

The concerns center around the production of aluminum, raising questions for another key industry about alleged human rights abuses in its supply chain.

April 8, 2022

Big Short keeps nickel market on edge one month after squeeze

The world’s main nickel market is broken and no one seems to know how to put it back together.

April 8, 2022

London market blocks newly refined Russian platinum and palladium

The decision comes a month after a similar industry group, the London Bullion Market Association, suspended the accreditation of Russian refiners.

April 8, 2022

Rusal ‘disagrees’ with Rio taking control of refiner Queensland Alumina

Rio's move effectively cuts Rusal's access to production and management at the refiner under an Australian ban against exporting alumina and aluminum ores.

April 8, 2022

Enhanced aluminum for aircraft now a possibility

Studying aluminum alloys at the atomic level revealed previously unknown mechanical properties.

April 8, 2022

World’s top diamond miner Alrosa hit by US sanctions

The measure against the Russian state-owned diamond miner seeks to cut off additional sources of revenue for Moscow.

April 7, 2022

Europe’s other energy problem: relying on Russian nuclear fuel

Nuclear fuel differs from commodities like gas or coal because it requires precision-engineered assemblies that conform to licensing requirements set by safety regulators.