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.

March 6, 2022

How much could battery recycling actually aid cobalt, lithium supply shortages?

IDTechEx estimates that a combined total of 180,000 tonnes of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese could be recovered by 2030 through Li-ion recycling.

March 4, 2022

Base metals set for best-ever week as war stokes shortage fears

It’s getting increasingly difficult to transport commodities like metals since almost half of the world’s container ships no longer go to Russia.

March 4, 2022

BASF picks Canada to expand supplies for booming EV battery market

BASF, in partnership with Japan's Toda Kogyo, already produces cathode active materials at two locations in North America - Ohio and Michigan.

March 4, 2022

Metals traders hit with margin-call snafu in chaotic week

A stressful week in markets got even worse for some metals traders when the main exchange’s software misfired by generating erroneous margin calls.