Indonesia intends to begin processing its rich reserves of nickel laterite ore for use in lithium batteries in a bid to ultimately become a global...
Non-ferrous metallurgy
Serbia will produce 55,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium carbonate annually
One of the largest new global lithium development projects with 16.6 million tonnes of ore reserves will start operating in 2025....
Why will beryllium become one of the most demanded metals of the XXI century?
In the world, only three countries are engaged in the processing of beryllium ores. Ukraine can become the fourth strategic point on the world map....
Polymetal Receives First Green Loan Under New Green Finance Policy
Polymetal has received the first green loan in the Russian mining sector from Societe Generale in the amount of US $ 125 million to finance projects...
Kazakhstan launched a new technology for the production of batteries
This will enable an increase in production capacity up to 3.7 million batteries per year....
USA introduced anti-dumping duties on aluminum supplies from 18 countries
The US Department of Commerce has released preliminary anti-dumping duty definitions for conventional aluminum sheets from 18 countries....
Ukraine intends to become the leader of the global titanium industry by 2030
Currently, almost all titanium mined in Ukraine is exported in the form of ore concentrate....
Eurasian Economic Union imposed duties on metals from Azerbaijan
Duties on rolled aluminum were introduced based on the report of the Department of Internal Market Protection of the Eurasian Economic Commission....
Iran commissions a gold mine with a capacity of 3 tons per year
Over the past seven years, the production of gold bars in Iran has grown 14 times....
The demand for gold in the world in the first quarter of 2020 fell by 26%
withrednee the price of gold in the first quarter of 2020 were higher than in the same period a year earlier by 21%....
Investment projects for the extraction of lithium in Ukraine may be suspended
Polish entrepreneurs may temporarily suspend the implementation of the lithium projects in Ukraine after the decision of the Supreme court....
Copper prices reached 8-week high on growing demand in China
copper Prices are likely to be limited risk of a second wave of infections COVID-19 in China and other regions, which again will limit the production...
Europe's largest copper smelting plant received approval for a takeover of the company metallolomnaja
In accordance with the EU Regulation on mergers the European Commission approved the acquisition of Aurubis Metallo, a major processor of copper...
The Nikolaev aluminous plant announced that forced the suspension of production
Customs blocked the importation of imported bauxite raw material on the territory of Ukraine, which led to a critical reduction of reserves of...
Copper per day fell by almost 8% and costs less than $ 5,000 per ton
Copper has always been an important indicator, "health" of the global economy and the forerunner of the movement of shares on the stock...
Tesla has introduced a new aluminium alloys for parts of electric vehicles
New alloys, developed in collaboration with SpaceX, allow for the manufacture of aluminum parts using the method of hot casting under pressure while...
Apparent steel consumption in Iran began to decrease
Association of Iranian steel producers reported a decrease in consumption of semi-finished steel with stable demand for finished products....
Copper for two weeks lost 12% of the cost of coronavirus
Friday, 31 January, the main indicator of the financial health of the industrial market – copper fell to a three-year low, reflecting the impact of...
Gold prices rise amid falling industrial metals quotes
The coronavirus outbreak has fueled investor demand for precious metals, while industrial metals such as copper and platinum are trading lower....
Russia increased gold production by 26%
Leader growth of refining gold in the Russian Federation became the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which increased in January - August the production...
The surplus of platinum in the world market fell ten times in one quarter
Experts expect the end of 2019 to a small deficit of 30 thousand ounces against excess of 345 thousand ounces in the previous forecast....
China will add 400 thousand tons of copper production
New steel plant in Northern China will produce 400 thousand tonnes of copper annually, which could affect global prices of the metal....
LME zinc stocks up slightly
The global demand for zinc has slightly weakened, which has led to an increase in stocks on exchanges and a reduction in the global shortage of the...
Scrap shortage hinders the growth of secondary aluminum production in China
the supply of aluminum scrap in China is declining due to environmental inspections and bureaucratic procedures at the customs....
Iran plans to capture 20% of the copper market in Turkey
Turkey will dramatically increase the consumption of copper in the coming years, as in the production of conventional cars use a maximum of 20...
RUSAL is expected to increase global deficit of aluminium of up to one million tons
the result of the ongoing trade tensions between China and the United States, the results of the third quarter of 2019 has been disappointing and...
China can greatly reduce production of stainless steel, having transferred power to Indonesia
a ban on the export of Nickel ore from Indonesia can lead to unexpected changes of power in the market of stainless steel in the near future....
Credit Suisse rasskryl "conspiracy" in the metals market
Bank Analysts tracked where it happened to the stocks of Nickel missing from the London metal exchange and stated plotting revenge....
Norilsk Nickel increased its quarterly production of palladium and platinum
GMK "Norilsk Nickel" in January - September increased its output of palladium by 7.4%, platinum - by 7.8%...
ILZSG: Demand for zinc will fall and can only grow in the next year
it is Expected the demand for zinc in 2019 and subsequent recovery in 2020....