October 22, 2021

Commodity boom at risk as supporting factors fade, Fitch says

The pace of global industrial production growth is falling “quite swiftly” after an impressive spike in demand for durable goods during lockdowns.

October 22, 2021

EU in talks with China to avoid “catastrophic” magnesium crunch

China supplies the block with about 95% of the silvery-white metal used to make aluminum alloys for auto parts.

October 22, 2021

Shanghai aluminum at over 1-month low as coal prices drop

China’s thermal coal futures plunged and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices.

October 21, 2021

How metals and stage.mining.companies are adapting to a greener world

Mining companies have the widest range of BNEF transition scores.

October 20, 2021

Rio Tinto to spend $7.5bn by 2030 to meet Scope 1 and 2 emissions targets

The company has said it will double its growth capex to about $3 billion a year from 2023.

October 19, 2021

Global shortage of magnesium could cripple car industry

Germany’s association of metals producers warned that current magnesium inventories in Europe will be exhausted by the end of November 2021.

October 18, 2021

Wild markets gatecrash London Metal Exchange Week party

This year’s LME Week was a subdued affair by comparison with past excess, writes Andy Home.

October 17, 2021

What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report

London-based ING Economics predicts what the ongoing energy transition might bring for copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium.

October 16, 2021

Aluminum makers sound the alarm about US magnesium shortage

Matalco Inc., the largest US producer of aluminum billet, is warning customers it may curtail output and ration deliveries as soon as next year

October 15, 2021

Alcoa CEO says aluminum rally will last longer

Alcoa’s stock has more than quadrupled from a year ago, helped by a historic surge in aluminum prices.