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.

March 7, 2022

Copper price retreats after hitting all-time high

Meanwhile, nickel and other metals surged as Western sanctions against Russia disrupted supply from the major producer.

March 7, 2022

UK retail traders buy the dip in Russian mining stocks

Precious metals miner Polymetal and steel firm Evraz are the two most-bought shares on AJ Bell’s platform over the past week.

March 7, 2022

Potential Russian oil ban pushes gold price above $2,000

Gold extended its biggest weekly advance since July 2020 amid reports of the US and its allies contemplating an embargo of Russian oil.

March 7, 2022

Ukraine invasion sets back Musk’s dream for cheaper EVs, for now

Rising prices of nickel, lithium and other materials threaten to slow and even temporarily reverse the long-term trend of falling costs of batteries.

March 7, 2022

Rock Tech Lithium could build €400m plant in Romania

The plant would produce enough to supply 500,000 cars with lithium-ion batteries per year.

March 7, 2022

Nickel price jumps 30% to 15-year high

Metal price jumped as fears of major disruptions to supplies due to financial sanctions on Russia fuelled a buying frenzy.

March 7, 2022

Boeing suspends buying titanium from Russia, assures of ‘sufficient supply’

Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the status of its titanium supplies.

March 6, 2022

Palladium price hits record on concerns over Russian supply risks

With most of Europe’s airspace closed to flights from Russia, buyers are worried about securing supplies of the precious metal.