June 22, 2021

Aluminum is outperforming copper as China cracks down on prices

Aluminum has overtaken copper as the second-best performer on the London Metal Exchange this year.

June 22, 2021

Ukraine to auction titanium and zirconium miner in August

The country plans to auction Europe's largest titanium and zirconium miner, United Mining and Chemical Company, on Aug. 31.

June 22, 2021

Trafigura, Mubadala to launch sale of Spanish copper miner MATSA

Lundin Mining and Hudbay Minerals as well as South32 are likely to show an interest, a source told Reuters.

June 22, 2021

Resource estimate for Hautalampi Co-Ni-Cu project shoots up

Eurobattery Minerals and FinnCobalt said total resource tonnage has doubled and contained metal tonnes increased some 50%.

June 22, 2021

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid Belarus sanctions

The increase, which will bring total annual sales volumes to 13.8 million tonnes, comes on top of the half a million tonne output increase the company announced on June 7.

June 21, 2021

Varta to supply high-performance battery cells to Porsche

European carmakers are hoping to cut dependence on Asian cell suppliers as they roll out all-electric models to meet stricter emissions targets in the EU.

June 21, 2021

RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines

The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.

June 21, 2021

GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.

June 21, 2021

Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback

Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.

June 21, 2021

Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe

Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.