More than a dozen employees have left Shanghai-based copper traders affiliated with Chinese conglomerate Amer International Group Co. in the past few weeks.

Since the discovery of large deposits in Wa State, Myanmar has become a crucial tin producer.

"The story is about what’s happening over the next 10 to 15 years,” said Evy Hambro, global head of thematic and sector investing at BlackRock.

A handful of Western banks and traders from Citigroup to Trafigura Group are increasingly willing to enter new deals for Russian metals.

For the first time in a generation, the spectre of disruption looms over mining’s most reliable profit generator. 

The West African nation increased the minimum royalty rate for spot price above $1,500 an ounce to 6% from 5%.

Spot gold rose as much as 1.2% after Israel’s military said it was “expanding ground activity” in Gaza.

China's exports of refined lead hit a 15-month high in September with year-to-date shipments already exceeding last year's total.