Iron ore price drops to over one-month low on weaker China metal outputOutput at Chinese blast-furnace steel producers has continued to decline steadily.Reuters | January 6, 2025 | 8:12 am
Goldman pushes back $3,000 gold forecast on fewer US rate cutsGoldman projects prices will hit $2,910 an ounce by year-end.Bloomberg News | January 6, 2025 | 6:52 am
What’s next after Biden blocked the $15bn Nippon Steel/US Steel deal?Some analysts warned that blocking the deal could sour relations…Reuters | January 4, 2025 | 3:32 pm
Iron ore price rebounds as China stimulus hopes outweigh weak fundamentals A raft of industrial data that remained relatively weak kept alive calls for Beijing to ramp up consumer-focused stimulus. Reuters | December 16, 2024 | 8:40 am
Sierra Metals shares jump on takeover offer from Peruvian firm The offer will be priced at C$0.85 per share, which is a 10% premium over Sierra Metals' closing price of C$0.77 on the TSX last Friday. Staff Writer | December 16, 2024 | 8:25 am
Copper price: What’s in store for 2025 The bellwether metal had a rollercoaster 2024, will next year bring more wild swings? Frik Els | December 13, 2024 | 5:48 pm
Chinese coal prices slump to year’s low as stimulus disappoints China’s coal market has been in steady decline since late September and has shed 14% from its high near the start of the year. Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 4:35 pm
Charted: Copper vs. Oil Demand (1970-2040) In 2021, Goldman Sachs declared copper “the new oil.” Visual Capitalist | December 13, 2024 | 2:23 pm
Column: Bleak times for copper smelters as conversion fees slump The benchmark smelter treatment charges for next year have been set by Chilean copper miner Antofagasta and China's Jiangxi Copper. Reuters | December 13, 2024 | 11:58 am
Gallium price rises to highest since 2011 following China export curbs Gallium prices assessed by Fastmarkets rose to $595 per kilogram on Friday, a 17% increase over the previous level on Dec. 11. Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 10:27 am
Gold stocks big bargains Gold stocks remain big bargains, still priced for bygone much-lower gold prices. Adam Hamilton - Zeal Intelligence | December 13, 2024 | 10:09 am
Trafigura profit drops 62% after ‘massive problem’ in Mongolia The Mongolia losses mean Jeremy Weir’s tenure as chief executive officer at one of the world’s largest commodity traders is ending on a sour note. Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 7:51 am