January 18, 2024 Column: Surging exchange stocks pile the pressure on nickel Nickel was the worst performer among the London Metal Exchange's base metals last year.
January 18, 2024 Saudi Arabia flags commodity trading ambitions with DME stake The owner of Saudi Arabia’s stock market has acquired a 32.6% stake in the Dubai Mercantile Exchange.
January 17, 2024 Gold price drops to near $2,000 on hawkish Fed comments Gold is now at its lowest in 2024 after starting the year around the $2,065/oz. level.
January 17, 2024 Iron ore futures retreat amid weak China data The benchmark February iron ore on the Singapore Exchange slid 2.6% to $125.95 a metric ton.
January 17, 2024 Los Pelambres boosted Antofagasta copper production in 2023 It stepped up production at Los Pelambres after overcoming water issues at the operation, which is nearing the end of Phase 1 expansion.
January 17, 2024 Albemarle to cut jobs, halt expansions and sell stake in Liontown The world's top lithium producer expects to reduce costs by $95m a year by reducing expenses, cutting jobs and selling unwanted assets.
January 16, 2024 AustralianSuper swoops on lithium stocks after price plunge The Melbourne-based fund raised its stake in Pilbara Minerals to 6.12% earlier this month.
January 16, 2024 As price parity beckons, substitution from palladium to platinum to wane The rate at which platinum is displacing palladium in the manufacture of autocatalysts is slowing due to the sister metals approaching price parity.
January 16, 2024 Most cobalt producers loss-making after 2023 price slump, says ERG Chinese-owned companies are aggressively expanding cobalt mining in Congo and Indonesia despite the price drop.
January 16, 2024 Toro Energy to grow Wiluna uranium project with satellite deposits Extension study for the proposed Lake Maitland uranium-vanadium asset comes at a time of soaring global uranium prices.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
