January 16, 2025 Column: Tin falls back to earth but supply problems haven’t gone away Investors lost faith in tin's bull narrative towards the end of 2024, slashing bets on a further rally and helping crash the price.
January 16, 2025 Rio Tinto and Glencore discussed potential merger A $160 billion Rio Tinto-Glencore combination makes sense in a copper-centric world, but we've been here before.
January 16, 2025 Rio Tinto, Glencore discussed mining’s biggest-ever potential merger Combining the two businesses would potentially create a behemoth to leapfrog longstanding industry leader BHP Group.
January 16, 2025 Societe Generale plans partial return to gold trading The French bank resigned as a market maker for gold at the London Bullion Market Association in 2019.
January 16, 2025 Iron ore price hits four-week high on lower shipments, softer dollar Rio Tinto reported its lowest annual shipments in two years.
January 16, 2025 Brazil’s Cosan unloads stake in miner Vale Cosan has unloaded some 173 million shares it owned in the mining giant.
January 16, 2025 Will Indonesia shut the nickel spigot to spur prices? Indonesia’s clout in the global nickel market rivals OPEC’s in oil.
January 15, 2025 Column: Copper’s early-year rally leaves investors unimpressed Doctor Copper has started 2025 with a spring in his step after a year when the early bull party was followed by a prolonged hangover.
January 15, 2025 Canada wants G-7 talks on metals pricing to counter China’s sway Canada has been thinking about supporting investment through measures such as pricing floors to address alleged market manipulation.
January 15, 2025 Silver’s time to shine is here – get ready Silver tends to outperform the rest of the precious metals sector close to the end of a given rally.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm