March 24, 2025 CHART: Top 20 automakers by battery metal spending BYD’s battery metals bill was $1 billion below Tesla despite selling 2 million more EVs while GM’s per EV costs are the highest in the industry.
March 24, 2025 Vitol, Gunvor rock metals markets with big aluminum bets Both taken long positions in the LME aluminum contracts nearing expiry that were at times larger than the readily available stock.
March 24, 2025 Column: LME fined for failing to hit the brakes in nickel crisis The venerable 148-year old London Metal Exchange has just made it into the history books for the wrong reasons.
March 24, 2025 Copper price inching towards another all-time high The most-traded copper contracts in New York were two cents away from the all-time high of $5.20/lb. set nearly a year ago.
March 24, 2025 Greenland needs US, EU commitment to buying critical minerals, top banker says Critical minerals present a "new opportunity" to strengthen the territory’s economy, according to Bank of Greenland CEO.
March 24, 2025 Hedge fund Elliott says it may take further action on LME voided nickel trades Elliott lost a lawsuit against the exchange for cancelling billions of dollars of nickel trades after the price hit a record above $100,000 a tonne in March 2022.
March 24, 2025 Graphic: Gold rally attracts investors back to mining stocks after months of outflows According to LSEG Lipper data, funds investing in physical gold and gold derivatives attracted a net $17.8 billion in 2024, the highest in five years.
March 22, 2025 Gold dominates mining M&A again in 2024: S&P Global Gold accounted for 70% of last year's transaction count and total value in precious and base metals, according to S&P.
March 21, 2025 Brazil Iron said to make $1 billion offer for Eurasian Resources mine project The closely held British company is seeking to acquire ERG’s Bahia Mineração, also known as Bamin, for its integrated mining and logistics project in northeast Brazil.
March 21, 2025 Iron ore price set for weekly loss on caution over China demand prospects China is mulling setting up related funds to build a compensation system to eliminate outdated steel capacity.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am