November 21, 2025 Europe faces copper shortages unless EU halts scrap exports, industry says Exports of copper scrap from the EU have surged by 31% since 2022.
November 21, 2025 Lithium prices plunge in China after moves to curb speculative trading Guangzhou Futures Exchange said it would increase transaction fees for some futures contracts of lithium carbonate from November 24.
November 20, 2025 Anglo, Teck pushed by Canada to give head-office job guarantees Industry Minister Melanie Joly is reviewing the tie-up between the two mining companies and has the power to block it.
November 20, 2025 CEO Tristan Pascall on the future of First Quantum Minerals “We will always be a growth company” – we talk to the copper miner about Panama, Zambia and beyond.
November 20, 2025 China’s coal miners hope spot price rally lifts annual contracts Miners are required to sell 75% of their coal on annual contracts, and the next few weeks will be a pivotal period on those negotiations.
November 20, 2025 China expands BHP iron ore ban to new product as talks drag CMRG asked Chinese steel mills and traders this week not to buy new cargoes of Jinbao fines.
November 20, 2025 UBS lifts 2026 mid-year gold price forecast to $4,500 In the upside case, the bank sees gold reaching as high as $4,900 an ounce.
November 20, 2025 LME to stop running benchmark platinum and palladium auctions Results of the LBMA Platinum and Palladium Price auctions are used across the market and industry for settling contracts and transactions.
November 20, 2025 Gold exports from Switzerland to China drop in October Supplies to China plunged 93% to 2.1 metric tons, their lowest level since February.
November 20, 2025 Stand-off between China’s iron ore buyer and BHP tightens iron ore supplies Trade of Jimblebar fines is still frozen in China, leaving mills that previously used it switching to a substitute.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
