Top miners in good position to weather covid-19 – report

Already weak manufacturing numbers from world's top copper consumer are revised downward.

More than ever, companies, government and academia are forming partnerships to solve a global problem—the ongoing need for scarce critical materials.

The Year of the Snake, associated with laziness and evil, wasn't as good for Lunar New Year gold ornament sales as the Horse which connotes health and energy.

The gold price is up five weeks in a row as safe haven buying returns amid carnage on stock, bond and currency markets.

Chinese manufacturing activity records surprise contraction and US slows down against expectations, pushing the copper price down 3% to below $3.30 a pound.

'The gold market has not regained the sparkle of 2008 – late 2011, and is not expected to do so.'

Iron ore and coking coal prices hover at 6-month lows on Wednesday as Chinese steel prices approach record lows and forecasts for output growth are slashed.

The world's biggest potash producer will sell 700,000 tonnes to China for $305 per tonne in the first half of 2014.

Investors should worry less about the right balance of specific commodities and more about the right mix of early-stage, development-stage and producing companies.