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Steelmakers have warned of competition for electricity from their newest big customer....

By 6:27 p.m. Moscow time, the price of aluminum futures was down to 3.47% reaching $3,087 per ton...

Trading house Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. signed its first prepayment agreement with a uranium miner, striking a deal with the owner of an operation in Malawi....

The government is set to launch a Rs 5,000 crore scheme within three months to boost cleaner technologies in India's steel sector, a major contributor to carbon emissions. This initiative, the National Strategy for Sustainable Secondary Steel, aims to reduce the industry's environmental footprint and align with India's net-zero commitments. While benefiting all steelmakers, secondary producers are expected to receive significant financial backing to adopt sustainable practices....

China's electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage supply chains are undergoing a profound structural shift. Over the past year, prices of upstream battery materials have continued to rise. According to reports, the sharp increase in lithium battery raw material prices has challenged the market's previous assumptions about industry overcapacity and contradicted the belief that higher prices suppress demand....

Copper fell as the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance and a rising US dollar continued to weigh on sentiment toward industrial metals....

CATL is turning sodium-ion batteries from a lithium alternative into a commercial product line, with planned deployment in 10,000 to 20,000 electric vehicles this year and a new sodium energy storage system aimed at global grid markets....

Lithium gehört zu wichtigen Rohstoffen, auch für die deutsche Industrie. In Serbien will der Konzern Rio Tinto es fördern. Aber viele Serben protestieren dagegen. Auf Bitten des Unternehmens stellt die Bundesregierung knapp fünf Millionen Euro zur Verfügung - unter anderem für eine Imagekampagne....

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Vitol Group has shipped a stranded cargo of aluminum out of the Strait of Hormuz, in an early sign of supply relief for buyers rocked by shortages since the start of the Iran war....

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Metinvest Holding is looking for a new investor to provide equity financing for a €3 billion ($3.4 billion) steel plant in Italy as the Ukrainian group tries to downsize its commitment....

Some Fortescue Ltd. iron ore cargoes due in China next month are being held up because negotiations between the Australian miner and the country's state-backed buyer remain deadlocked, according to people familiar with the matter....

Zimbabwe has emerged as one of Africa's leading hard-rock lithium producers following substantial investment by Chinese mining groups...

London-listed lithium developer Savannah Resources Plc is pursuing a secondary listing in Lisbon or Australia to tap growing investor appetite for battery materials....

Aluminum headed for a fourth weekly decline, the longest losing streak since April 2025, as a renewed selloff in Asian tech stocks added to pressure from a stronger US dollar and returning Middle East supplies....

Iron ore headed for a seventh weekly loss — the worst run since 2022 — as demand weakened seasonally and mill margins narrowed....

Measures being introduced will cut by 51% the volume of steel that can be imported, tariff-free. That is less than the previously proposed 60% reduction....

Der Rohstoff Lithium wird für die neue Energie- und Verkehrswelt unverzichtbar werden. Der Rohstoffriese Rio Tinto geht davon aus, dass sich Lithium in den kommenden Jahren zum dynamischsten Wachstumsfeld des Konzerns entwickeln. Laut Reuters rechnet der weltweit zweitgrößte Bergbauer damit, dass sich das Lithiumgeschäft schneller ausweiten wird als andere Bereiche...