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Battery metal in hot demand because of electric vehicle boom but hedging options are scant
Energy to metals group has no plans to go public but such a move would improve its reputation
Aim of carbon neutrality demands lighter metals production, potentially adding to rapid rise in commodity prices
Demand is set to explode with the rise in renewables technology, but years of under-investment threaten to leave supply short
Executives want ministers to deliver comprehensive strategy to put sector on sustainable footing
Shares in Asian miners and nonferrous producers surge despite supply concerns
Shift to homeworking, drought in China and volcanic eruption in the DRC all contributed
EU has delayed higher levies on bourbon and Harley-Davidsons as Joe Biden pursues agreement
Agnelli and Wallenberg families invest in plan to build factory for emissions-free metal
Beijing cannot backtrack on its carbon neutral goals without embarrassment
Company to rename itself AL+ after demerger of high-carbon assets
Tough decisions are looming for manufacturers
The US-Europe detente over steel and aluminium tariffs is helpful, but the Biden administration is yet to go the whole hog
Brussels says decision lets both sides ‘reboot the transatlantic relationship’
Brazilian miner says raw material’s record prices are not a repeat of early 2000s boom
Authorities take steps to cool rally in prices for important steel-making ingredient
US and Europe risk being left behind unless they secure cobalt supplies for batteries, says Ivan Glasenberg
Prices from corn to copper are rallying as economies reopen but sceptics think it will be transient
German industrial group remains cautious as prices for raw materials and steel continue to be high
Demand accelerates as large economies recover from the pandemic
The green revolution, not China’s industrial one, will drive commodity prices
Steelmaking ingredient rises to more than $226 a tonne as commodities surge on stimulus hopes
Industrial demand for precious metal is expected to rise as part of the transition to greener energy
Increase fuelled by forecasts of global economic upswing and shift towards cleaner energy
Transition to cleaner energy has ignited a powerful rally in the price of the industrial metal
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