April 8, 2022 London market blocks newly refined Russian platinum and palladium The decision comes a month after a similar industry group, the London Bullion Market Association, suspended the accreditation of Russian refiners.
April 8, 2022 Rusal ‘disagrees’ with Rio taking control of refiner Queensland Alumina Rio's move effectively cuts Rusal's access to production and management at the refiner under an Australian ban against exporting alumina and aluminum ores.
April 8, 2022 Enhanced aluminum for aircraft now a possibility Studying aluminum alloys at the atomic level revealed previously unknown mechanical properties.
April 8, 2022 World’s top diamond miner Alrosa hit by US sanctions The measure against the Russian state-owned diamond miner seeks to cut off additional sources of revenue for Moscow.
April 7, 2022 Europe’s other energy problem: relying on Russian nuclear fuel Nuclear fuel differs from commodities like gas or coal because it requires precision-engineered assemblies that conform to licensing requirements set by safety regulators.
April 7, 2022 LME risks more squeezes as metal stockpiles hit lowest in decades “Copper is sleepwalking towards a stockout,” analysts say.
April 7, 2022 Analysts adjust higher metal price assumptions on Russia-Ukraine conflict Russia's February invasion of Ukraine has triggered turmoil in commodity markets.
April 7, 2022 Rio takes full control of Rusal alumina partnership in Australia Rio was asked by the QAL management to step in and take full control of the asset.
April 7, 2022 Sanctioned Russian’s family sells $6 billion stake in Polyus Said Kerimov, the son of sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, resigned from the board of gold miner.
April 7, 2022 Europe’s planned ban on Russian coal has unhappy China precedent European utilities will have to be prepared to pay premiums to draw cargoes from South Africa, the Americas, Australia and Indonesia, writes Clyde Russell.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
