Aluminum price hits $3,000 for first time since 2008 on supply disruptions

As scrap ban bites Chinese traders up May cargoes 37% year on year.

The battery cell maker is working on the first section of the factory, in Skellefteå in the north of Sweden, which will be completed in 2020 and produce eight gigawatt cell capacity per year.

Congolese-American businessman and convicted fraudster Charles Brown claims he's owed $1 billion in compensation for a 19% stake he previously held in Mutanda Mining, and which Glencore allegedly sold in two fraudulent transactions, in 2007 and 2012.

ScotiaMocatta is curtailing lending to the physical metals supply chain and would refocus on major corporate clients.

Are the dark days for platinum set to last?

The companies are committed to explore for mineral deposits first in the Asian country and then the rest of the world .

Chinese jewelry sales are a key component of global demand for both physical gold and platinum, accounting for 14% and 16% of consumption respectively.

Some Republican lawmakers warn that Trump could trigger a trade war that would destabilize the economy and ultimately hurt American workers.

The country's car industry currently employs about 840,000 people, with 210,000 of them working on powertrain production, the sub-sector set to be the worst hit.