Tag: Metal and ore
The price slump shows the fear of a recession
Zurich Whether crude oil, copper or agricultural commodities: Investors have been withdrawing from commodity investments on a large scale since the beginning of June. This is putting pressure on prices:…
US battery recyclers & Volkswagen form alliance
new York The environmental balance of the electric car also depends on a crucial question: What becomes of the batteries when they are no longer needed? Batteries are not only…
Gold – Safe Haven in Recession?
gold bar The precious metal benefits from its function as a crisis currency when the prospects for global economic growth are gloomier. (Photo: imago images/Newscast) Frankfurt The gold price is…
Hedge fund Elliott sues London Metal Exchange over nickel trade chaos
London Metal Exchange LME The stock exchange is faced with high claims for damages. However, according to the LME, the suspension of nickel trading was necessary to protect the market…
Congo & Zambia want supply chain in Africa
Zurich At the threshold of electromobility, an African country is moving into the focus of car manufacturers: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the world’s largest producer of…
Carmaker wants to make lithium supply more sustainable
Electric car from BMW The Munich-based carmaker wants to be ahead of the competition when it comes to new technologies by investing in start-ups. (Photo: Reuters) Munich It is a…
Mexico: National pride in climate protection – government relies on fossil power
lithium plant Mexico is so far a minor player in the lithium market – in Argentina, the proven quantities of the raw material are around 19 million tons. (Photo: Reuters)…
The state cannot regulate everything
In retrospect, it was a brilliant move by China: when the copper price was at a low point in spring 2020, the country started buying up metal for the country’s…
Deutsche Bank advises strategic raw material reserves
Aluminum ingot from Russia Germany is also dependent on imports from Russia and China for many raw metals. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Zurich According to Deutsche Bank, Germany and other European…
High raw material prices threaten the boom in electric cars
Munich, Zurich For Yann Vincent, head of the Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the matter is quite simple. By the end of the decade, more than two thirds of new cars…
Development of lithium production is progressing slowly in Europe
Zurich, Vienna, Madrid, Stockholm, Rome The price of lithium, the key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, has been skyrocketing for months. According to data from the analysis company…
More and more car manufacturers are stocking up on battery metals
Battery cell production at VW in Salzgitter With the turn to electric cars, the capacities for cell production and with them the demand for raw materials for them are growing…
Russia and China want to make the world dependent on raw materials
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping Raw materials become weapons in the struggle for a new world order. (Photo: Smetek) Gas, nickel, neon – even wheat: the consequences of the war…
Russia and China want to make the world dependent on raw materials
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping Raw materials become weapons in the struggle for a new world order. (Photo: Smetek) Gas, nickel, neon – even wheat: the consequences of the war…
How the countries use the raw materials
Copper mine in Chile As the world’s largest copper producer, the country should benefit from a boom in demand for battery metals. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Santiago, Johannesburg, New Delhi The…
Commodities are once again a geopolitical bargaining chip
Lithium production in Argentina Europe must secure the further processing of important raw materials in the long term. (Photo: Reuters) Imagine if Europe had no way of producing its own…
Battery manufacturer builds giga factory in Germany
Northvolt Northvolt’s first factory in Sweden. Dusseldorf In the tranquil heath, about an hour and a half from Hamburg, power storage for German electric cars will soon be built. The…
Battery manufacturer builds giga factory in Germany
Northvolt Northvolt’s first factory in Sweden. Dusseldorf In the tranquil heath, about an hour and a half from Hamburg, power storage for German electric cars will soon be built. The…
These three ETFs benefit from rising commodity prices
palladium The rising commodity prices are a burden for the broad stock market. But there are also beneficiaries. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The commodities market is unstoppable: prices for palladium and…
Charles Lew promises more independence from China
Rare earth The metals in demand are needed for electric cars, wind turbines and smartphones. (Photo: Reuters) Bangkok If you want to get to the place from which Charles Lew…