February 6, 2020 Copper price & coronavirus: Don’t expect small SARS-like impact Copper rebounds, but two new reports warn that coronavirus impact could be much greater than SARS: For one, China did not consume 50% of the world's copper in 2003.
February 6, 2020 US rare earths production up 44% in 2019 — report Overall US metal mine production in 2019 was estimated to be $28.1 billion, or almost $500 million higher than in 2018.
February 6, 2020 JPMorgan’s role in metals spoofing is under US criminal probe U.S. authorities have already charged bank traders who worked in New York, London and Singapore with manipulating thousands of orders for gold and silver futures
February 6, 2020 Virus-hit China may need more imports of coal. The tricky part – shipping it Number of ships waiting outside Australia's Newcastle harbor was at an 18-month high of 20 vessels.
February 6, 2020 China’s metals import hunger shifts towards raw materials China’s giant aluminum machine needs a lot of bauxite and imports topped the 100 million tonne level for the first time in 2019
February 6, 2020 Sibanye-Stillwater doubts it will become owner of world’s deepest gold mine AngloGold is selling the asset, its last operation in South Africa, as it pursues higher returns elsewhere
February 6, 2020 Finland gives green light to uranium mining State-owned Terrafame plans to produce uranium at a mine that has been producing nickel for years.
February 5, 2020 Brazil’s Bolsonaro moves to ok mining on indigenous lands The proposal includes provisions to consult indigenous groups for any mining project
February 5, 2020 Key trends for aluminum in 2020 2020 may be the year for a two-tier market for primary aluminum, says Wood Mackenzie
February 5, 2020 Cobalt price rebounds on Beijing stockpiling talk Battery cobalt prices jump by more than 10% in January – too soon to assess coronavirus impact on China-Congo supply.
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028. December 16, 2025 | 01:52 pm
