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  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Shipping
    Russia’s largest shipping group sells part of fleet to repay debts

    Sovcomflot has completed disposal as it plans to eventually return to international markets

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Mining
    BSG Resources won Guinea mining rights through bribery, arbiter says

    Arbitration ruling over licences for Simandou iron ore project cites ‘overwhelming evidence’ of ‘corrupt practices’

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Gerhard Schröder steps down as Rosneft chair after Ukraine backlash

    Former spy Matthias Warnig also quits board of oil giant after controversy in Germany

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Britishvolt
    Monaco shipping group takes stake in battery start-up Britishvolt

    Scorpio investment a sign of manufacturers looking beyond car industry into new markets

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Cobalt
    Electric vehicles overtake phones as top source of cobalt demand

    Rare metal’s price surges on supply concerns and proliferation of battery-powered cars

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Vladimir Potanin: the original oligarch snapping up Russian banks

    Metals tycoon close to Kremlin and with an eye for a bargain has not been hit with sanctions by the UK, EU or US

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Trade secrets: oil majors keep quiet on a key profit driver

    BP, Shell and Total have singled out their trading divisions for praise but won’t say how much money they make

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Mining
    First Quantum to make biggest foreign investment in Zambia in a decade

    Miner to spend $1.25bn on copper project expansion as country’s president seeks to revive economy

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Commodity trader Trafigura backs UK lithium refinery project

    Green Lithium eyes battery market dominated by China as demand grows with electric vehicle sales

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Industrial metals
    Vale strikes nickel supply deal with Tesla

    Miner to provide Elon Musk’s carmaker with metal from its Canadian operations

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    CATL
    Shares of Tesla’s battery maker plunge after net profit slides

    Contemporary Amperex Technology hit by China’s Covid lockdowns

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Barrick Gold Corp
    Barrick builds up cyanide and explosive stockpiles as prices rise

    World’s second-biggest gold miner bolsters supplies of vital raw materials to combat inflation

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Vale SA
    SEC charges Vale with misleading investors over deadly dam disaster

    US watchdog says Brazilian iron ore producer concealed safety issues relating to waste storage facilities

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Glencore
    Glencore suffers shareholder rebuke on climate plan

    Protest over director accountability comes as miner says trading arm is set for another bumper year

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    EU energy
    EU energy groups prepare to meet Putin’s terms for Russian gas

    Germany’s Uniper and Austria’s OMV plan to use rouble accounts for payments while Eni of Italy weighs options

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    ‘Divide and rule’: Russia’s rationale for halting gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria

    The two EU nations have refused to implement a new payment mechanism imposed by Putin

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    LME chief to stay put after ditching move to crypto start-up

    U-turn comes as metals exchange seeks to repair reputation damaged by nickel market chaos

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    EU energy
    European gas prices soar after Gazprom halts supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

    Russian energy group says it has not received payment in roubles as decreed under new law

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Commodities
    Europe faces critical shortage of metals needed for clean energy

    Supply challenges come as EU seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian imports

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Anglo American PLC
    Weather and Covid cause weak start to year for Anglo American

    Miner’s shares drop 8% following trading update

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto’s flagship iron ore mines report weak start to year

    Production at Western Australia projects hit by labour shortages and supply chain issues

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    Petropavlovsk hit with demand for almost $300mn from Gazprombank

    London-listed gold producer’s shares plunge after debt repayment order from sanctions-hit Russian lender

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Gunvor Group Ltd
    Gunvor reports highest full-year profit since 2015

    Swiss commodity trader records $726mn in earnings from booming energy demand as lockdowns eased

  • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
    Mining
    End of an era at Anglo American as Mark Cutifani steps down

    Australian has revived the fortunes of the mining group that faced near collapse a few years ago

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    London-listed Petropavlovsk warns investors may be wiped out

    Previously high-flying Russian gold miner has been caught up in sanctions fallout

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