Crude steel output was just shy of 1 billion tonnes in 2019, up 8.3%.

London Metal Exchange inventory has more than doubled in the space of little more than a month.

Nickel sulphate is back to trading at a premium to the metal in China and should stay there on expected BHP Nickel West delays, says new report.

Risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft foresees as many as 75 countries having to deal with soaring public rage over a variety of topics, including economic inequality.

Even before the rumoured deal, more than 80% of the world's largest cobalt miner's output was tied up for years to come, a new report shows.

The phase one trade deal includes rare earths that are already in short supply in the US.

The deposit, around 35 kilometres east of Kolwezi, is estimated to hold 4.6 million tonnes of copper and 420,000 tonnes of cobalt.

December cargo volumes highest since September 2018 as Beijing's economic stimulus pays off.