May 20, 2022

Iron ore price up as Chinese banks cut interest rate

Chinese banks cut a key interest rate for long-term loans by a record amount on Friday.

May 20, 2022

Gold mid-tiers’ Q1 2022 fundamentals

The mid-tier and junior gold-miners’ stocks in their sector’s sweet spot for upside potential have been clubbed like baby seals since mid-April.

May 20, 2022

Atico Mining receives EIA approval for La Plata project in Ecuador

La Plata has previously been identified by Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso as a "strategic project".

May 19, 2022

If Tesla isn’t good enough for an ESG index, then who is?

Tesla’s removal this week from an industry benchmark index is raising new questions about what ESG actually means to investors.

May 19, 2022

Chinese lockdowns dragging aluminum prices down, no respite before H2 — report

Fitch notes strong downside risks as strict Chinese lockdowns pose a strong threat to demand for the metal in 2022.

May 19, 2022

BOE gold trades at rare discount in sign of central bank selling

The Bank of England’s vaults contain 5,676 tonnes of bullion, one of the largest stockpiles in the world.

May 19, 2022

Gold price rallies to weekly high as both dollar, yields dip

The recent retreat in gold prices has helped its appeal among investors as they continue to seek safety from riskier assets, an analyst said.

May 19, 2022

Copper price rebounds as China eases covid restrictions 

“Sentiment had been buoyed by hopes that China is making progress towards an exit from strict lockdowns,” commodity strategists at ANZ said.

May 18, 2022

Copper price down on bets of big US rate hikes

Fed Jerome Powell pledged that the US central bank would ratchet interest rates as high as needed to kill a surge in inflation.

May 18, 2022

Asia’s two richest men reap windfall from surging oil, coal

With coal prices skyrocketing to a record, Gautam Adani's conglomerate is expanding a controversial mine in Australia to meet demand.