Big UK banks have up to 50% of their total core capital of gross exposure to commodity producers, suppliers, and traders, and to commodity derivatives.

Industrial metals have gone from boom to bust in the space of only three months, writes Andy Home.

A proposal by the European Chemicals Agency wants to classify lithium salts as dangerous for human health.

Commodity trading houses have seen earnings climb as they capitalize on wild swings in prices and arbitrage opportunities.

The proposal to classify the metal as a reproductive toxin could severely hurt Europe’s burgeoning EV industry, they argued.

Phoenix is raising cash to revive production at the Empire copper mine in Idaho.