Benchmark zinc prices on the London Metal Exchange have shed about a fifth since surging to a 14-year peak in mid-October.

Aluminum traders didn't used to think much about the weather in pricing the market but in a green hydro-rich world that may change, writes Andy Home.

Mining companies are scouring the globe for new deposits.

The world's top miner has been listed in Australia and the UK since 2001, when it merged with Billiton Plc, but wants consolidate the two.

The Dublin-based institution’s purchase of 2 tonnes of gold in recent months has ended a more than decade-long period of unchanged holdings of the precious metal.

The European Union drug regulator said on Tuesday existing covid-19 vaccines would provide protection against omicron, calming markets.