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Copper price losing streak now in double digits

Eight straight down days drops copper 10.2% to more than 3-month low as China struggles to contain coronavirus outbreak.

Frik Els | January 27, 2020 | 10:55 am

Safe havens shine as spreading virus spurs rush to buy gold

Prices rose as much as 1.1% as risk-off sentiment swept…

Bloomberg News | January 27, 2020 | 9:22 am

Copper price rout continues as China virus spreads

Copper price down more than 7% since last week as…

Frik Els | January 24, 2020 | 11:00 am

How China overtook the US as the world’s major trading partner

China's new infrastructure network is already transforming global trade.

Visual Capitalist | January 22, 2020 | 2:31 pm

Five copper price trends to watch in 2020

New Wood Mackenzie report expects a considerable amount of copper…

MINING.com Editor | January 22, 2020 | 1:59 pm

How earthquakes create gold deposits instantaneously

Study shows that gold deposits are created instantaneously through a process called 'flash vaporization'.

MINING.com Editor | March 19, 2013 | 11:04 pm

Conviction sell: Rio downgrade gives entire iron ore sector a bloody nose

Goldman Sachs sees significant earnings declines at world number two miner.

Frik Els | March 19, 2013 | 10:06 pm

Fresh warnings of eventual financial system collapse

Paul Craig Roberts and Eric Sprott say the current financial system is headed for ruin.

MINING.com Editor | March 17, 2013 | 9:00 am

Experts survey sees gold moving up next week

For the first time in over a month, a majority of analysts see gold prices up in the coming week.

MINING.com Editor | March 17, 2013 | 8:28 am

160-year study of real commodity prices sees beginning of the end of the supercycle

For those with a very long time horizon, the news is good though.

Frik Els | March 15, 2013 | 11:59 pm

Coking coal price under pressure

Softening price despite surging steel production in China.

Frik Els | March 15, 2013 | 8:34 pm

China’s central bank lukewarm on gold

Compared with China's $3.3 trillion foreign exchange reserves, the size of the gold market is too small.

Frik Els | March 14, 2013 | 6:51 pm

Iron ore price drops 4% to 3-month low

Steelmaking ingredient is now down 16% in just three weeks.

Frik Els | March 14, 2013 | 5:57 pm

SLIDESHOW: 2-minute history of the iron ore wars

From relic of the industrial age to the most profitable bulk commodity the mining industry has ever experienced.

Frik Els | March 13, 2013 | 11:42 pm

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