June 18, 2021 Home: Metals boom sees the return of physically-backed funds Nornickel, through its Global Palladium Fund (GPF) arm, has just launched physically-backed copper and nickel investment products on the London Stock Exchange.
June 17, 2021 China’s steps turn iron ore into world’s most volatile commodity Iron ore, one of the hottest commodities in the early days of the raw materials rally, has now become the most volatile as bulls and bears joust over the trajectory…
June 17, 2021 MAPPED: These 25 projects will set the copper price for decades A 6 million tonne copper supply gap will open up by the mid-2020s but projects needed to plug that gap face uphill battles.
June 17, 2021 Copper sinks to two-month low on China’s plan to release reserves The US Federal Reserve also brought forward its expectations for raising interest rates, sending the dollar higher and sapping demand for metals.
June 17, 2021 Gold price dives past $1,800 as Fed signals earlier rate increases Bullion declined the most in five months on Wednesday as the Fed signalled it might raise interest rates sooner than expected.
June 17, 2021 Home: Learning to live with (talk of) Chinese state metal sales The copper market is going to have to live with the threat of Chinese state sales for the foreseeable future.
June 16, 2021 Copper price and China reserves: sell on rumor, buy on fact Beijing confirmed the release of state reserves for the first time in a decade to cool metals markets, but copper prices rose more than 1% on the news.
June 16, 2021 Cobalt supply must double by 2030 to meet demand – Trafigura exec Total supply of cobalt in 2020 was 126,500 tonnes, according to consultancy Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
June 16, 2021 Fading ETF purchases will limit gold demand rise, Metals Focus says Demand for gold from jewellers and central banks will recover in 2021 but remain below pre-pandemic levels, while buying of bullion by exchange traded funds will fall sharply, consultants said.
June 15, 2021 Britain in talks with 6 firms about building gigafactories for EV batteries Ford, Nissan, LG and Samsung, Britishvolt and InoBat Auto are in talks with the British government or local authorities about locations for potential factories and financial support.
China’s rare earth magnet exports to US decline in November Shipments to the US totaled about 582 tons, compared with 656 tons in October. December 20, 2025 | 08:30 am
