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 Inflation, volatility from Ukraine war to have impact, says BHP CEO The company is forecasting 0.5% lower global growth than previously anticipated.
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 Nickel price surge may have Vale reworking its base metal calculations Prices have doubled in the past five trading days as intensifying fears over Russian supplies leave buyers exposed to a historic squeeze.
March 8, 2022 US coal prices soar as war drives commodities rally Concerns of a looming global shortage of coal are driving up prices in every US region.
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 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 Vale temporarily stops train circulation in Carajas mine railroad The train circulation in its Carajas iron ore mine railroad was temporarily halted due to a land movement caused by heavy rains.
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.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm