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Investing $2 trillion over the next decade in sustainable infrastructure can greatly reduce Southeast Asia’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from Bain…
The Automotive Monthly Metals Index (MMI) held flat for this month’s reading, as U.S. auto sales slumped in Q3. US auto sales slip in Q3…
You do not have to look too hard to find failures of state-run economies around the world. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there…
Much is being made of Beijing’s efforts to meet its environmental emissions targets — the country states it will hit peak emissions before 2030 and…
Consumers have looked aghast at rising aluminum prices this year and wondered how much longer it can continue. The explanation that global economies are bouncing…
China’s move to clean up its heavy-polluting industrial sector has triggered a swift collapse in iron ore prices for the first time since July 2020.…
Reports in the media that natural gas prices in the U.K. have more than quadrupled over the last year to highs of 180p per therm…
Global copper mine production picked up by 4.9% during the first half of the year, the International Copper Study Group said this week. Copper production…
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are sometimes punted as an alternative to direct investments on metals exchanges, like the LME or CME. But in reality, it…
When Chinese steel group Tsingshan announced its Indonesian nickel operations would supply matte — a form of the metal used only for stainless steel production…
The Automotive Monthly Metals Index (MMI) fell by 1.4% for August’s MMI reading. US auto sales Ford Motor Co. reported its August retail sales increased…
While much of the world still depends on fossil fuels, demand for battery metals is surging. Battery metal demand on the rise South African platinum…
While the world looks on with growing concern at the political play unfolding in Afghanistan with the takeover of the Taliban, another sidebar to this…
So far, it has been largely Samsung cell phones or laptops batteries that have caught the media’s attention when devices have caught fire, particularly in…
You wouldn’t believe the oil price had been quietly falling since early July when you went to fill up your tank this summer. Gasoline demand…
The global shipping market has been a depressing topic to report on this year. We have posted two or three updates on the state of…
Demand for cobalt is rising globally because of its use in electric vehicle batteries. As such, China Molybdenum (CMOC) is planning to invest as U.S.…
LME trading volumes, along with prices, traded sideways for the first three weeks of the month and picked up the pace toward the end of…
There is a sizeable arbitrage window between COMEX and the LME copper price, prices that would normally move in relative harmony. The underlying cause, Reuters…
Tin prices have soared to a record high on the LME, closing last week at $34,177 per metric ton. The closing price marked an increase…