No mining allowed in six new Indigenous reserves in BrazilLuiz Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva issued a decree creating six new Indigenous reserves, most of them in the Amazon, and banning mining in such areas.Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 30, 2023 | 12:05 pm
China’s property pain deflates ‘overhyped’ iron ore marketIron ore price dipped below $100 a tonne this week…Bloomberg News | April 27, 2023 | 8:15 am
US-based researchers develop efficient process to transform scrap aluminum into new vehicle partsA new process reduces more than 50% of the embodied…Staff Writer | April 24, 2023 | 5:15 am
Rusal files suit against Rio Tinto over alumina refinery The lawsuit challenges Australia's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which included wide-ranging sanctions against Russian firms. Reuters | June 6, 2022 | 7:22 am
Ma’aden to use steam from massive solar facility to produce alumina The Saudi Arabian Mining Company and GlassPoint joined forces to develop the world’s largest solar process heat plant. Staff Writer | June 6, 2022 | 6:06 am
BofA identifies the prime causes of violent metal short squeezes LME inventories and non-commercial futures positioning are the primary drivers of metals short squeezes. Henry Lazenby | June 2, 2022 | 11:02 am
Chinese warehouses check metal inventories as traders cry foul Regular operations in at least three Chinese warehouses have been suspended to check on-site metal inventories. Bloomberg News | June 2, 2022 | 10:00 am
Chinese traders find aluminum stocks they financed may not exist At least three companies lent a total of more than 500 million yuan ($75 million) against stockpiles of the metal stored in a warehouse in the southern province of Guangdong that turned out to be worth significantly less than that. Bloomberg News | June 1, 2022 | 1:03 pm
Commodities turn higher as China loosens its virus restrictions Industrial commodities in China mostly rose as the number of covid-19 cases fell and the government began to loosen the restrictions. Bloomberg News | May 30, 2022 | 6:48 am
Shrinking stocks likely mean more LME metal price volatility Overall stocks in LME warehouses have fallen below 900,000 tonnes from levels above two million tonnes in January 2021. Reuters | May 30, 2022 | 6:27 am
Demand for green metals from recycling expected to grow – report A report by White & Case states that global demand for scrap metal is expected to remain strong over the coming years. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 29, 2022 | 7:35 am
Column: Market turbulence won’t slow aluminum’s green drive The Chinese aluminum juggernaut has run out of momentum and smelters in Europe are powering down, writes Andy Home. Reuters | May 26, 2022 | 8:16 am