Iron ore’s heady days are fading as China’s growth engine coolsThe volatility is set to persist into 2022 as a rebound in steel production this month falters early next year.Bloomberg News | December 21, 2021 | 1:57 pm
Copper price rises as investors recover some risk appetiteInvestors weighing up the impact of the omicron coronavirus variant…MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 21, 2021 | 9:01 am
Commodities to veer between China hopes, pandemic fearsIf 2021 was a year of volatility and uneven performances…Reuters | December 20, 2021 | 10:13 pm
Australia govt’s lithium price outlook is bleak Top exporter Australia predicts a 26% rise in lithium stockpiles in 2019 – that's 2.5 years of consumption. Frik Els | July 3, 2019 | 3:49 pm
Tin slumps most in seven years on spike in Chinese selling The metal, which is mostly used in soldering, dropped 6.3% to settle at $17,700 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange. Bloomberg News | July 2, 2019 | 3:04 pm
Global mined zinc production to ramp up — report Australia, China, India and Peru are key production drivers. MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2019 | 3:04 pm
Base metals performance to slow in short term, Moody’s predicts Over the next year, Moody’s predicts prices will remain below 2018 levels while rising costs will put price margins under pressure. MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2019 | 2:51 pm
Gold sinks most in a year as trade truce deals blow to bulls Bullion hit a six-year high last week as top central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve adopted a more dovish tone and tensions spiked between the U.S. and Iran. Bloomberg News | July 1, 2019 | 8:55 am
China copper importers seek new metal sources as scrap crackdown bites China has been gradually curbing imports of scrap, which accounted for 10% of its copper use in 2018. Reuters | June 28, 2019 | 11:10 am
China coal imports seen cooling once Beijing reins in prices Authorities will seek to cap imports at, or even below, last year’s level of 281 million tonnes. Bloomberg News | June 27, 2019 | 12:32 pm
Gold exploration trends: companies still cautious despite market rebound Canada returned to its gold exploration leadership position in terms of a number of projects drilled. Vladimir Basov | June 27, 2019 | 9:09 am
Why Goldman thinks nickel is trading like a biotech start-up — opinion Nickel is defying both the general macroeconomic concerns weighing on other industrial metals and signs its own internal dynamics are weakening. Reuters | June 26, 2019 | 11:58 am