Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru Operations at the massive copper mine have been suspended since Feb. 28 after protestors cut water access and blocked a key railroad. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 15, 2022 | 4:06 am
London Metal Exchange to resume nickel trading on March 16 All deliveries against nickel contracts will be deferred an extra week, while the nickel price will have a 5% daily fluctuation limit. Reuters | March 15, 2022 | 3:05 am
China’s Jan-Feb coal output jumps 10.3% for winter heating The world's biggest coal miner and consumer produced 686.6 million tonnes of the dirty fossil fuel during January-February period. Reuters | March 14, 2022 | 8:43 pm
Are current market cycles similar to the GFC of 2007–2009? Soaring real estate, rising volatility, surging commodities and slumping stocks - sound familiar? TechnicalTraders | March 14, 2022 | 3:57 pm
The 18 minutes of trading chaos that broke the nickel market When the commodity’s price went vertical last week, the metals industry plunged into turmoil not seen since the Tin Crisis of 1985. Bloomberg News | March 14, 2022 | 2:11 pm
FCA, Bank of England working with LME to resume nickel trading The LME had anticipated nickel trading would restart on Friday, but the criteria for restarting had not then been met. Reuters | March 14, 2022 | 1:26 pm
Everything’s broken The Middle East has already been hit with a wave of uprisings partly caused by food price inflation, could an Arab Spring 2.0 be far behind? Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | March 14, 2022 | 1:20 pm
Lithium mining: ‘A new Bolivia’, says EnergyX CEO Teague Egan says EnergyX has the technology that can help Bolivia unlock its lithium. Amanda Stutt | March 14, 2022 | 12:21 pm
Iamgold appoints Peter O’Hagan to its board of directors O'Hagan has a track record managing complex, multi-billion dollar global businesses in a regulated environment with an emphasis on strong corporate governance. Staff Writer | March 14, 2022 | 12:02 pm