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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      US bends to EU pleading on access to green tech handouts Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: when Big Tech pretends to be small

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Money market madness

      Nickel market could face widespread problems after instances of fraud start to emerge

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      News in-depthCopper
      Copper price to surge to record high this year, Trafigura forecasts

      Rebound in Chinese demand has pushed up cost faster than any other industrial metal

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      LME finds bags of stones instead of nickel in metal warehouse

      Discovery of fake consignment comes weeks after Trafigura unearthed $500mn nickel fraud

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Lex
      Indonesia/nickel: volting ambition of IPOs outruns potential Premium content

      Indonesian president Joko Widodo hopes to move the country up the global electric car supply chain

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      News in-depthTsingshan Holding Group
      Nickel ‘alchemist’ Xiang Guangda aims to work his magic on batteries

      Founder of Tsingshan, world’s largest producer of the metal, plans first IPO after 35 years

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Cobalt
      China set to tighten grip over global cobalt supply as price hits 32-month low

      Share of global output expected to reach 50% over next two years

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Basic resources
      Citi warns clients about risks of Russia ‘weaponising’ metals

      As a leading supplier of aluminium and palladium, any export cuts by Moscow could lead to price rises

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      London Metal Exchange Ltd
      Hedge fund lawsuits pile up against LME a year on from nickel chaos

      Metal exchange faces legal claims totalling more than $500mn over its controversial cancellation of trades

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      London Metal Exchange Ltd
      BHP calls for London Metal Exchange nickel benchmark overhaul

      World’s largest miner joins criticism of contract at the centre of last year’s market chaos

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Batteries
      Vulcan increases lithium targets as demand grows from carmakers

      Group aims to extract enough of the battery metal to supply up to 500,000 electric vehicles a year

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Trafigura
      Trafigura faces hit of up to $577mn over alleged nickel fraud

      Commodities trader discovers shipments it had purchased did not contain the metal

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      LexCopper
      Copper/Peru: unrest highlights the potential for supply shocks Premium content

      Reports indicate that mines are running but risks of shutdowns have not passed

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Copper
      Peru unrest threatens copper supply

      Analysts expect disruption to world’s second-largest producer to boost prices of the metal

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Customer of Gupta’s Liberty Steel falls into administration

      Businessman may step in to rescue West Midlands group as steel industry crisis deepens

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Q&AInvestments
      How can investors ride the EV boom?

      Tesla has had a turbulent year, but others in the sector have been more resilient

    • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
      ExplainerCharts that Matter
      China’s comeback turbocharges base metal prices

      Industrial commodities, led by tin, have surged more than 20 per cent in three months

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK manufacturing
      UK to propose carbon border tax as part of steel industry aid package

      Chancellor Jeremy Hunt agrees to consult on ways to level playing field against foreign competitors

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Mining
      TSX slams Canada over Chinese lithium divestment order

      Exchange says intervention threatens free flow of capital on which mining companies rely

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      LexCopper
      Copper/China: red metal’s purple patch is set to continue Premium content

      Traders are buying up metal in anticipation of Chinese economic recovery as Covid rules are relaxed

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      UK manufacturing
      Gupta’s Liberty Steel cutbacks put 440 UK jobs at risk

      Industrialist plans to idle some smaller plants as higher energy costs squeeze profits

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Mining
      Saudi Arabia launches mining fund in effort to reduce oil dependency

      Investments up to $15bn aim to secure access to minerals used in solar panels, electric cars and other industries

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Copper rallies on hopes of China economic rebound

      Beijing’s loosening of Covid restrictions triggers gains in metals exposed to Chinese property sector

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Futures contracts
      Review urges LME to toughen standards on market distortions

      Independent report criticises exchange for lack of circuit breakers in March nickel crisis

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Vale SA
      Vale weighs offers for stake in base metals business

      Brazilian mining group says talks have been held with sovereign funds, carmakers and industrial groups

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