Metlen’s investment will bring commercial-scale gallium production back to Europe for the first time since 2016. It is the first in what many will hope will be a flurry of…
17-19 April 2024, Singapore In 2024, the MMTA International Minor Metals Conference moved away from Europe and North America of recent years and headed to Singapore. Taking the main…
Global Mining Business Development Forum Speakers will include Chinese government officials, guest officials from African countries, heads of national associations, senior media executives and top-tier academic researchers. As well as…
Retired metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, illuminates trading for the young entering the world of metals. Last night I dreamt I was short of …ium – a metal we…
Notes from the other side Retired metal merchant Anthony Lipmann illuminates trading for the young entering the world of metals. So, you’ve been offered your first job – terrific!…
András Szép (1957-2024), was one of a group of talented metal merchants who came to prominence – and survived – from the era of 1990s post-communism. I came to know…
The history of human civilisation can be told through metal smelting, from the Copper to the Bronze to the Iron Age, and onwards. And, since civilisations are communities and economies,…
We call them Minor Metals, but they are not minor. From 1972 into 1991 there was a publication titled The Journal Of Less Common Metals. That was a more accurate…
On 19th December 2024 the European Commission published a notice of initiation of a European Union safeguard investigation concerning imports of manganese and silico-based alloying elements, including silicon metal and…
A long-standing member of the MMTA, Alfred H Knight (AHK) has enabled global trade for over 140 years. They instil trust and certainty in the global supply chain through the…
Dear MMTA Members, Welcome to the March Crucible. It has been a busy quarter marred by ill-health, but what felt like an endless winter is finally over, and days…