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Aluminium Prices Increasingly Volatile After Announcement of Trade Duties
Aluminium prices have been particularly volatile since the announcement of the new US duties. After peaking in mid-March, prices quickly fell, breaking the sideways movement they had maintained in the previous months. With the actual implementation of the duties, the...
Strong US Interest In Ivanhoe Electric Copper: $825 Million Financing In Sight
Canadian company Ivanhoe Electric has announced that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has expressed interest in providing a loan of up to USD 825 million to support its Santa Cruz copper mining project, located in the state of Arizona. The news had...
A Joint Venture Between First Quantum And The Government Of Panama Could Solve The Cobre Panamá Standoff
A partnership between the Panamanian government and Canada's First Quantum Minerals could be a quick and pragmatic solution to end the long-standing dispute that has caused the closure of the Cobre Panamá copper mine from November 2023. This is what several industry...
Uncertainty About the Ban on Cobalt Exports from the DRC: Prices Sustained in the Second Quarter of 2025
Continuing uncertainty over the cobalt export ban imposed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is supporting prices of the strategic metal in the second quarter of 2025. Supplies remain tight and the market is operating in a markedly cautious environment....