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  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Cobalt
    Electric vehicles overtake phones as top source of cobalt demand

    Rare metal’s price surges on supply concerns and proliferation of battery-powered cars

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Europe battles to secure steel following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    Higher costs loom amid disruption to imports from a major regional supplier

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Mining
    First Quantum to make biggest foreign investment in Zambia in a decade

    Miner to spend $1.25bn on copper project expansion as country’s president seeks to revive economy

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Commodity trader Trafigura backs UK lithium refinery project

    Green Lithium eyes battery market dominated by China as demand grows with electric vehicle sales

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Vale strikes nickel supply deal with Tesla

    Miner to provide Elon Musk’s carmaker with metal from its Canadian operations

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    CATL
    Shares of Tesla’s battery maker plunge after net profit slides

    Contemporary Amperex Technology hit by China’s Covid lockdowns

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    ArcelorMittal SA
    ArcelorMittal expects steel consumption to contract as outlook turns gloomier

    World’s second-largest steelmaker says war in Ukraine and China’s Covid restrictions will slow pandemic rebound

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    ArcelorMittal SA
    ArcelorMittal successfully tests use of green hydrogen at Canadian plant

    Company claims ‘milestone’ in global effort to improve the green credentials of steelmaking

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    LME chief to stay put after ditching move to crypto start-up

    U-turn comes as metals exchange seeks to repair reputation damaged by nickel market chaos

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Commodities
    Europe faces critical shortage of metals needed for clean energy

    Supply challenges come as EU seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian imports

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    BHP Group PLC
    Covid sick days and Chile social unrest hit BHP’s copper and nickel output

    Miner’s iron ore production remains steady despite labour constraints

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Ineos warns high energy costs threaten British manufacturing

    UK petrochemicals group says regions such as US more attractive

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    Metal stockpiles shrink as energy prices hit production

    War in Ukraine threatens Russian output while traders and major consumers tap warehouses

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    News in-depthCommodities
    Big commodity traders reap rewards as margin calls squeeze smaller rivals

    Market chaos makes large credit lines essential to cope with surging capital requirements

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    News in-depthLondon Metal Exchange Ltd
    LME chief calls for scrutiny of private deals in nickel probes

    Exchange and regulators seek answers after March’s nickel trading crisis

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    The Commodities NotePaul Norman Smith
    Time for Europe to reconnect with commodities

    Region risks becoming manufacturing museum unless it can secure supply of critical metals

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    UK regulators to launch review into LME’s nickel trading chaos

    Financial watchdogs will examine ‘disorderly’ conditions that disturbed metals market

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Basic resources
    Australian refinery close to producing country’s first lithium hydroxide for batteries

    Tianqi Lithium and IGO’s joint venture missed production date target because of technical difficulties

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Mining
    Sir Mick Davis joins backers for Cornish Metals tin project

    Price surge prompts plan to reopen what was once the metal’s second-biggest mine worldwide

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    LME to almost double size of default fund as metals prices swing

    Exchange seeks to bolster market’s defences after nickel surge severely wrongfooted major trader

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    The Commodities NoteCobalt
    Ethics of cobalt mining must be taken seriously by traders

    Buyers need to create common standards and metrics to govern extraction process

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    London Metal Exchange suffers fresh glitch during nickel trading

    Suspension of electronic orders came after market reopened following week-long shutdown

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Chinese metals group wins respite from banks on nickel bet

    Tsingshan reaches standstill agreement with counterparties including JPMorgan and Standard Chartered

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto offers $2.7bn to buy Turquoise Hill stake in Oyu Tolgoi mine

    Group seeks remaining 49% of Canadian company that controls huge Mongolian copper project

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    Person in the News
    Xiang Guangda, the metals ‘visionary’ who brought the nickel market to a standstill

    A huge wrong-way bet has left the Chinese entrepreneur sitting on serious losses

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