March 8, 2022 Nickel price surge past $100,000 leaves big short with big trouble The ferocity of the price action over the last 24 hours speaks to a forced liquidation of positions, a buy-back in a liquidity vacuum, writes Andy Home.
March 8, 2022 UK chairman of Polymetal among ‘mass exodus’ from Russian firms Board members at Russian companies, including the British chairmen of gold and silver producer Polymetal, have quit in response to the conflict in Ukraine.
March 8, 2022 London market greenlights Russia’s palladium while blocking its gold Russia produces 25-30% of the world's palladium, a precious metal used by automakers in exhaust systems to reduce emissions.
March 8, 2022 Shell stops buying Russian crude as Moscow’s isolation deepens The West’s moves to punish Russia for invading Ukraine have turbocharged global commodity and energy markets, sending prices soaring and threatening to derail the nascent recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
March 8, 2022 Nickel short seller could take $8 billion hit after price soars past $100,000 a tonne A massive squeeze pushed nickel prices up by as much as 250%, the most extraordinary surge in the 145-year history of the LME.
March 7, 2022 Russian gold hit with de facto ban from key London market The London Bullion Market Association has suspended all six Russian gold and silver refineries from its Good Delivery List.
March 7, 2022 Sweden announces $19.5 million grant for sustainable mining innovation The 26 new projects cover a wide span – from disruptive technologies with energy-savings of up to 80%, to industrial-scale battery recycling and a safer working environment.
March 7, 2022 Aluminium Dunkerque to sell a portion of its metal to Glencore Aluminium Dunkerque has capacity to produce 286,000 tonnes of aluminium a year.
March 7, 2022 Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.
March 7, 2022 In charts: EV metal demand accelerated in the second half of 2021 Surging EV sales in the Asia Pacific region brings a wall of metals demand.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
