Aluminum deal season has started, but no one is buying yet

Brazil’s formal mining sector wants importing nations to require and enforce origin control.

A radioactive pond filled in and covered in grass in Sillamae, Estonia, is host to the only major processing plant outside Asia for rare earth metals used in the automotive industry.

Copper production fell 12% in 2022, impacted by issues at its Katanga mine in the DRC.

The central bank’s gold reserves were at the highest level on record, the World Gold Council said in a report Tuesday.

Annual gold demand jumped 18% to 4,741 tonnes, almost on a par with 2011.

Greenfield supply could come from Kazakhstan, but with a new incentive price close to $70 a pound, said Rick Rule.

Order intake rose 18% but fell 4% when excluding acquisitions, which JP Morgan called "disappointing".

A build-up of Russian metal is likely to raise concern in the market that benchmark LME prices will weaken.

Nomination means the project will be given priority for financing from fund that supports European Union regions' green transition.