Aluminum price rises on supply worries as China pledge’s emission curbs

Fresh rules aim to counter surging prices for the nation’s top energy source.

Even if the US president-elect's massive infrastructure build-out plan makes it through Congress intact.

New survey of analysts calls into question post-Trump surge with consensus forecasts pointing to sharp decline by year-end and continuing weakness in 2017.

But US gold mining industry will stagnate says BMI Research in new study.

Production costs in Chile, the world’s No. 1 copper producer, were 5.4% higher last year when compared to its global peers’ average.

After underperforming badly in 2016, copper is now firmly in a bull market with a 26% rise in just three weeks, jumping to a 17-month high on Friday.

Consumer demand for jewellery, coins and bars, dropped by a quarter as high prices slowed down acquisitions from top consumers China and India. Investments, however, were up by 44%.

Move will push up costs by Cdn$250 million ($187M).

The most-traded coking coal for January delivery on the Dalian Commodity Exchange soared 10% to 1,516 yuan ($224) a tonne, a record high.