Column: Funds sell copper as technical picture deteriorates

Gold investment demand will return with a vengeance as 2022’s illusions are dispelled.

Industrial metals and iron ore are on track to finish in negative territory.

The London Metal Exchange will enter 2023 with the smallest available warehouse stockpiles in at least 25 years.

Spikes in covid-19 cases and the Lunar New Year holiday are expected to dampen metals demand in China.

The explorer has land positions at sites including the Salar de Atacama.

Sinomine ’s chairman sees lithium carbonate prices dropping to about $57,443 a ton in 2023.

Any way you slice it, 2022 was a turbulent year, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to historic inflation and jumbo rate hikes to multiple failures in the digital asset space.

Bullion's losses were capped by a drop in both Treasury yields and the dollar, which kept prices above the $1,800 an ounce level.

The country’s behemoth iron ore miners ended the year on a high as China’s abrupt Covid Zero reversal and a steady stream of supportive policies raised the outlook for demand.