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Copper crime ring is latest scandal to rock the metals world

Aurubis revealed this week it has uncovered a large-scale fraud involving shipments of scrap metal that it uses to feed its copper smelters.

Bloomberg News | September 3, 2023 | 11:30 am

Oxygen “whiffs” play a role in the formation of ore deposits

Oxygen “whiffs" may have changed the earth’s mantle, altering the…

Staff Writer | September 3, 2023 | 7:53 am

Another Glencore veteran departs as trader Popovic retires

Glencore's co-head of zinc and copper trading Nick Popovic is…

Bloomberg News | September 1, 2023 | 11:18 am

It’s getting harder to find mining engineers a green world needs

In regions like Canada and the US, enrollment or graduation…

Bloomberg News | September 1, 2023 | 10:18 am

Talga keeps permit for graphite mine in Sweden

The Swedish Court of Appeal has rejected a bid to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2023 | 6:49 am

Rusal denies it plans to deliver aluminum into LME warehouses

Some buyers have said they are shunning Rusal's metal, while others are securing price discounts at the same time as the industry negotiates supply deals for 2023.

Reuters | September 30, 2022 | 9:05 am

Ferrari owner says energy transition shakeup could create a new Tesla

John Elkann, the scion of Italy’s Agnelli clan, sees potential for a “new Tesla” to emerge from the current wave of energy transition.

Bloomberg News | September 29, 2022 | 1:30 pm

RANKED: World’s largest clay and hard rock lithium projects

In a snapshot of the global project pipeline, Miningintelligence data provides a ranking of the largest projects in 2022.

Miningintelligence | September 29, 2022 | 12:00 pm

Sandvik to book charges of $471 million in third quarter

Approximately 600 million crowns of losses stem from Sandvik's wind-down in Russia.

Reuters | September 29, 2022 | 9:05 am

Glencore reviews lead operations at Italian plant due to high power prices

Glencore put zinc sulphide operations at the Portovesme plant on care and maintenance in November 2021, but continued production of zinc recycling and lead.

Reuters | September 29, 2022 | 8:59 am

LME mulling consultation on banning Russian metal

Reuters sources say the exchange was planning to discuss banning new deliveries of Russian metal so its warehouses cannot be used to offload hard-to-sell stock.

Reuters | September 29, 2022 | 8:47 am

Niobium could be key to supercapacitators

New research from Umeå University proposes the idea of using niobium molecules as building blocks to design electrochemical energy storage materials.

Staff Writer | September 29, 2022 | 5:16 am

Alrosa discovers 22 new diamond deposits in Zimbabwe

Alrosa will only be allowed to work on two of the diamond deposits, while the rest will be made available to other investors.

Bloomberg News | September 28, 2022 | 11:59 am

Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.

Staff Writer | September 28, 2022 | 5:05 am

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