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A bitter feud risks ripping apart an $11 billion metals empire

A spat between two wealthy South Korean families over the future of a zinc empire has descended into a bitter battle for control that could hamper efforts to diversify the global supply of energy-transition metals.

Bloomberg News | October 1, 2024 | 5:23 pm

Gold price rally cripples physical demand in key markets

Analysts hope that another crucial category of demand, physically backed gold exchange-traded funds, will see more activity in coming months.

Reuters | October 1, 2024 | 9:22 am

Firms substituting cheaper aluminum for copper, trend growing

Currently, the price of copper is 3.8 times that of aluminum.

Reuters | October 1, 2024 | 6:43 am

Tsingshan cuts Indonesian nickel output due to tight ore supplies

Delays to issuing quotas has slowed the rapid expansion of nickel production in the world's top producer of the metal.

Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 7:39 am

Elevated alumina prices to feed on China aluminum producer profits

China's aluminum producers have made rising profits due to elevated prices of the metal.

Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 7:35 am

India, US likely to sign pact on critical minerals

India-US bilateral trade in 2023-24 was about $120 billion, a record high.

Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 7:21 am

Alchemy Resources signs lithium partnership with Japan’s JOGMEC

The Japanese government agency can earn up to 51% of the company's Roe Hills tenure in Western Australia.

Reuters | September 29, 2024 | 4:58 pm

The mavericks of metals are back, rocking a $15 trillion market

Despite its significance as the marketplace where global benchmarks for aluminum, copper and nickel are set, the LME and its warehouse system regularly turn into a playground for traders.

Bloomberg News | September 29, 2024 | 9:30 am

Major copper discoveries scarce as industry shuns greenfield exploration — report

Only 14 of the 239 major deposits since 1990 were from the past decade, according to S&P Global.

Staff Writer | September 29, 2024 | 9:08 am

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