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Aluminium: demand concerns sink prices
Aluminium prices fell to their lowest in more than three weeks on Monday as COVID-19 blocks in China, the main consumer, fuelled concerns about slowing demand for industrial metals. Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange fell on Monday to $3,221/mt (lowest...
Copper: Ivanhoe achieves record production
Ivanhoe Mines has seen its Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reach a new production record in the first quarter of this year, with 55,602 tonnes in the period. The Canadian company, which kicked off production at the plant...
Coal: how Russian import bans impact the EU and UK steel industry
The European Union formally adopted its fifth package of sanctions against Russia on Friday, including a ban on coal imports. Existing contracts must be terminated by the second week of August, meaning Russia can continue to receive payments from the EU on coal...
Zinc-air batteries renew themselves with solar energy
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed technology to improve the electrochemical performance of zinc-air batteries using solar energy. Zinc-air batteries, which produce electricity through a chemical reaction between...