The energy crisis roiling Europe as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to last longer than the coming winter, although efforts to secure alternative supplies are expected to eventually prove fruitful

The heads of 40 metals companies and a number of industry associations have called on European Union leaders to take emergency action to temporarily reduce gas prices in order to alleviate costs and help continued production at their sites

While huge investments are being made to design, manufacture and improve electric vehicles, solutions to the means of charging rapidly growing numbers of them are needed too

There is a feeling of déjà-vu in the copper market as the potential for production curtailments and closures rears its head once again

History tells us that aluminium smelters close or curtail capacity when energy prices peak – is 2022 any different or will the same old patterns play out? Andrea Hotter looks to the past to help us think about the future

A shift in spending from high- to low-carbon assets as part of the energy transition culture could create the biggest reallocation of capital in history – and is already fundamentally reshaping investors’ approach to financing

Hotter on metals

Critical shortfalls loom without new primary metals supply and better recycling in the system soon, endangering Europe’s goal of a more autonomous clean energy system, according to a new study commissioned by Eurometaux, the region’s association of metal producers

Making sure that Britishvolt has the raw materials it needs to produce batteries has become the UK company’s priority with supply constraints intensifying, its chief executive officer has told Fastmarkets in a recent interview