The European Union’s much-anticipated Critical Raw Materials Act, announced on Thursday March 16 by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, has set out new lists of the raw materials now formally designated as strategic and critical

Continued tightness of class one supply within Europe and increased buying interest amid falling London Metal Exchange nickel prices and fresh liquidity have prompted an increase in premiums within Europe, while US and Chinese premiums remain steady for now

Flack Global Metals (FGM) will acquire steel and aluminium original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and incorporate its hedging model into those businesses to accelerate the adoption of the financial tool in the United States, Flack’s founder and chief executive officer Jeremy Flack said

The decline in China’s nickel pig iron (NPI) prices continued for a fourth consecutive week on Friday March 10, with units from Indonesia boosting supplies and prices falling to their lowest levels since September 2, 2022

Canada has banned the import of aluminium products from Russia due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, effective immediately, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Friday March 10

Lithium-ion battery materials company American Battery Technology Co (ABTC) has agreed a deal with global marketing and supply chain platform TechMet-Mercuria for black mass material which will be generated by the first phase of ABTC’s new recycling facility

German multi-metal recycling giant Aurubis began construction of its bleed treatment plant in Olen, Belgium, the company said on Tuesday March 7

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an enforcement investigation into the London Metal Exchange’s “conduct, systems and controls” related to nickel futures trading

Almost a year after the London Metal Exchange temporarily suspended trading in its nickel contract, it has become the subject of the first enforcement investigation of a UK exchange by its regulator

A sharp contango developed in London Metal Exchange aluminium prices on Friday February 24 — the only price reaction so far to US tariffs on Russian aluminium that are far wider in scope than before