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Pilbara Minerals will start to commission its joint-venture lithium hydroxide facility with Posco Holdings late in the current quarter, and will ramp-up activity through next year, the company's chief executive officer has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is trialing the expansion of its closing price methodology across five of its base metals contracts ahead of launching next year, the exchange's chief executive officer told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nickel market participants rejected the idea of making nickel sulfate or other Class 2 products eligible for delivery against the Class 1 London Metal Exchange (LME) contract and want the exchange to instead focus on fixing the existing contract, according to the LME chief executive officer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While there's more work to be done, stability has been restored to the London Metal Exchange nickel contract and confidence in its value as a pricing mechanism is starting to return, according to the exchange's chief executive officer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Battery feedstock is likely to lag recycling demand and regulatory targets in the coming years, the chief executive officer of battery recycling platform ACE Green Recycling said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An increase in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity in the copper sector was inevitable but did not form a central part of the strategy of Freeport-McMoRan, its chairman and chief executive officer has told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Albemarle Corp chief executive Kent Masters has moved to reassure investors that the company's operations in Chile are secure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current copper prices are appropriate, based on existing supply-demand fundamentals, the chief executive officer of Chilean miner Antofagasta has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An overhaul of the system of allocating permits to mining projects is necessary to eliminate the long lead-times that many companies face when attempting to develop operations, the chief executive officer of Antofagasta Minerals has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Antofagasta Minerals is keeping its options open when it comes to potential mergers and acquisitions but would stick to the Americas region and only opt to pursue value-driven alternatives, the Chilean company's chief executive officer said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The expansion of the Los Bronces mine has a couple more stages to progress through before being given the final green light, Patricio Hidalgo, chief executive officer of Anglo American Chile, told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The copper market is well-supplied from the perspective of a European custom-smelter, with ample availability of concentrates and recycling inputs, the chief executive officer of Germany' Aurubis, Roland Harings said to Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aurubis is evaluating the construction of a demonstration plant to recycle black mass following the successful conclusion of pilot testing in Hamburg, Germany, the company's chief executive officer told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is still not enough awareness among policymakers that the world needs more copper to achieve energy transition's ambitious targets, Trafigura's chief executive officer Jeremy Weir said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The copper concentrates market is relatively balanced with ongoing risk of supply disruptions to global operations, Anglo American Chile chief executive officer Patricio Hidalgo said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copper demand so far has been unaffected by uncertain macroeconomic outlook, but volatility and issues around financing need to be monitored, Patricio Hidalgo, chief executive officer of Anglo American Chile, says. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glencore's new chief executive officer Gary Nagle is learning a key management lesson the hard way, namely: "You can't please all of the people all of the time." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glencore has started trading lithium after recognizing its exposure to the critical mineral through its recycling activities, the company's chief executive officer has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mining industry needs to focus more on exploration to find new sources of raw materials such as copper or it will fail to meet future consumption requirements, according to the chief executive officer of Barrick Gold. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The head of the world's largest mining company warned that the world is at risk of failing to secure the necessary minerals essential for the energy transition if project development continues at its current pace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mining sector will need to get over its reticence to operate in jurisdictions with high-risk profiles in order to achieve the growth required for the energy transition, the chief executive officer of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The macro-economic outlook remains "relatively positive," but the war in Ukraine remains the "wild card" in the year ahead, the executive chairman and chief executive officer of commodities trading and logistics business Trafigura told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prices will eventually come to the rescue of supply constraints in minerals critical to the energy transition, the executive chair and chief executive officer of commodities trader and logistics provider Trafigura said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Buyers of commodities have become increasingly focused on the origins of their materials as well as sustainability, not only on price, the chair and chief executive officer of Trafigura has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An increase in annual benchmark premiums for copper are an indication of the market's forecast move into deficit next year, the chief executive of Eurasian Resources Group said on Monday December 19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ongoing global macro-economic and geopolitical uncertainties and the continued dislocation of copper prices to input costs are deferring investment in the sector and adding to expectations of a supply crunch, according to the chief executive officer of Freeport-McMoRan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aurubis has no plans to curtail production due to high energy costs, its chief executive officer said in an interview with Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aurubis is phasing out its "very limited" purchases of Russian copper cathode and will no longer be a buyer in 2023, the company's chief executive officer told Fastmarkets in an interview. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increase in copper premiums for 2023 European contracts came as no surprise to customers of German producer Aurubis, its chief executive officer said in an interview, citing the strength of demand as well as inflation-led costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A combination of financial incentives and regulation will start to drive increased traceability through supply chains for the automotive sector and other industries, according to the chief executive officer of Circulor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orral Nadjari, the chief executive officer and founder of Britishvolt, has stepped down, passing on the interim operational management of the company to Graham Hoare, the United Kingdom-headquartered battery manufacturer said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lithium miners are being approached by end users at a far earlier stage of development than would usually be the case because of the race to secure raw materials for batteries in electric vehicles, the chief executive officer of Nevada Lithium said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have written a letter to the chief executive of electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla, Elon Musk, urging him not to invest in Indonesia's nickel industry and to eradicate metal produced in that country from the US-based carmaker's supply chain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There's a disconnect between the current copper price and the underlying physical market, says the chief executive officer of Freeport-McMoRan Richard Adkerson. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The London Metal Exchange says it is determining whether recently imposed sanctions by the United Kingdom against Vladimir Potanin, the chief executive officer and a shareholder in MMC Norilsk Nickel, will impact the exchange and its brands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When Matthew Chamberlain announced his intention to leave his role as chief executive officer of the London Metal Exchange earlier this year, he did not expect to be staying in the job beyond the end of April. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Norsk Hydro has started to build a new aluminium recycling plant in Michigan, in the United States, as part of the company's strategy to double its use of post-consumer scrap by 2025, the company's chief executive officer and president has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Making sure that Britishvolt has the raw materials it needs to produce batteries has become the UK company's priority with supply constraints intensifying, its chief executive officer has told Fastmarkets in a recent interview. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If the United States fails to secure its battery raw materials needs in order to feed its domestic battery plants, the country risks supply chain issues similar to those being experienced across the semiconductor industry, the head of Redwood Materials said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aurubis is considering a sizeable investment in technology to recycle black mass, the chief executive officer of the German copper producer said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chile is playing a critical role in the energy transition by producing quality copper concentrates, and should not deviate into smelting, the chief executive officer of German smelter Aurubis said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is becoming increasingly difficult to get permits or security of tenure for copper mine projects, a situation that must change if the world is to meet the goals of the energy transition, the chief executive officer of German smelter Aurubis has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

German copper producer Aurubis is on track to deliver its new recycling plant in Georgia, the United States, with the project just the starting point for the company's foray outside Europe, the company's chief executive officer said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copper prices are expected to stay volatile and at current elevated levels for the time being, although the likelihood of slowing global growth in the future will see prices revert to lower levels, the chief executive officer of Chilean miner Antofagasta said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The copper mining industry needs to change the way it develops projects, focusing first on understanding what environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues mean for every single stakeholder, according to the chief executive officer of World Copper Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chile must balance the desire to enhance its social agenda with the need for the mining sector to stay competitive, the chief executive officer of mining company Antofagasta said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Antofagasta is considering its legal options following the decision by the federal government of the United States to cancel two of its mining leases at its proposed Twin Metals copper and nickel mine in Minnesota, the company's chief executive officer said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The energy transition represents a great opportunity for the copper industry, but it also poses a significant challenge, the chief executive officer of Chilean miner Codelco has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alcoa is to stop buying raw materials from, or selling its products to Russian businesses, the US aluminium producer's chief executive officer, Roy Harvey said this week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When Anglo American chief executive officer Mark Cutifani took over at the helm in 2013, the company faced the same challenge of correcting the excesses of the commodities boom as the rest of the industry: too speedy growth, and hefty cost overruns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]