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Copper price crashes through $10,000 as hedge funds turn most bearish in two years

Hedge funds are shorting copper the most since May 2020 as China doubles down on its zero-covid policy.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 25, 2022 | 8:25 am

Column: Bears tip-toe back into copper market as demand fears grow

Copper has spent the last few weeks hanging in suspended…

Reuters | April 25, 2022 | 7:34 am

Copper price down on China’s covid-19 worries

China's zero tolerance approach to covid has seen banks slash…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 22, 2022 | 8:41 am

‘Mr. Lithium’ warns there’s not enough battery metal to go around

Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace…

Bloomberg News | April 22, 2022 | 8:07 am

Musk wants more lithium for EVs but very few places have it

Elon Musk wants more lithium, but only a handful of…

Bloomberg News | April 21, 2022 | 1:57 pm

Metal inventories pile up in factories, smelters

Aluminum inventories have already climbed and are forecast to surge by 5 million tonnes by the end of 2020 to 16 million.

Reuters | June 1, 2020 | 10:03 am

Gold price edges higher as US civil unrest persists

Gold climbed to more than a one-week high on Monday.

Jackson Chen | June 1, 2020 | 9:10 am

Trump’s sparring with China revives rare earths stock trade

A Chinese stock strategy that worked in 2019 when tensions got heated with the US is picking up again.

Bloomberg News | June 1, 2020 | 8:20 am

MINING.COM MINUTE video news roundup launches today

We’re proud to introduce the MINING.COM MINUTE, a speedy video roundup of the biggest stories in the mining and metals industry.

MINING.com Editor | May 29, 2020 | 10:00 am

Gold price rallies on Trump’s China remarks

Gold is on pace for a monthly gain of 3%.

Jackson Chen | May 29, 2020 | 9:59 am

Copper gets a warning the worst may be yet to come

The International Wrought Copper Council expects a surplus of almost one million tonnes of metal this year and next.

Andy Home - Reuters | May 29, 2020 | 9:23 am

Iron ore powers past $100 as supply woes meet robust demand

The industrial staple has prospered in 2020 even as covid-19 pandemic hammered industrial activity in many economies.

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2020 | 8:44 am

US House bill aims to boost domestic mining of strategic minerals

The cornerstone of the bill is a provision requiring federal agencies to streamline the mining permit review process.

Reuters | May 28, 2020 | 9:50 am

Lithium prices to bounce after 2022

When demand picks up, the supply side won’t be able to react quickly enough, says BMI.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2020 | 3:49 am

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