Tag: Metal and ore
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Energy crisis drives up prices for industrial metals
View into a copper mine in China Zurich Even long-term market observers have never experienced this: within a few weeks, commodity traders bought up almost all of the copper that…
Rock Tech Lithium is apparently planning a Nasdaq IPO
lithium The number of factories for processing the coveted raw material will increase significantly in the next few years. (Photo: REUTERS) Dusseldorf In order to raise enough capital to build…
IAA Mobility: The raw material problem of the electric car – and what VW, BMW and Daimler want to do about it
Driving with green electricity is not enough. In order for electric cars to become greener, the mining of new raw materials must be curbed. But too little is being recycled.…