Aluminium market participants in the US anticipate stable business supported by continued tariffs and potential interest rate cuts, while industry sources in Europe and Latin America are watchful of potential new trade restrictions.

Donald Trump has previously said he plans to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), at least partially, and rescind its unspent funds.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Thursday October 31 a further $44.8 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for eight projects to lower the costs of recycling electric vehicle (EV) batteries and EV battery components to ultimately decrease overall EV costs.

African material will remain part of the tantalum supply chain regardless of the lithium market, according to Ian Margerison, executive marketing manager at the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (TIC).

Market participants disagreed over the cause of the long queues to withdraw aluminium from London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses at Port Klang in Malaysia, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday October 17

Supply chains for battery and critical raw materials will reorganize themselves, with market efficiency superseding subsidies in supply chains, delegates heard at the recent Financial Times Mining Summit.

Higher costs resulting from a tentative deal to end the strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports could reduce imports, increase reshoring and drive up the cost of steel products in the US, according to market observers and participants

Ahead of LME Week 2024, the exchange's CEO, Matthew Chamberlain, sat down with Andrea Hotter for Fast Forward podcast to talk about the exchange's role in facilitating responsible sourcing and transparency along the metals supply chain

Critical metal refiner Nth Cycle became the first company in the US to produce premium nickel-cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) this week, when it began commercial-scale operations on Monday September 9

An EU report has recommended extending the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) to include an EU raw materials platform, faster mine permitting and a G7+ critical raw materials club.