October 22, 2021 China coal prices notch worst week since May on govt intervention China has been pushing coal miners to ramp up output and hiking imports so power stations can rebuild stockpiles before winter.
October 22, 2021 London Metal Exchange has to restrain disorderly copper The London copper contract has been sucked into a stocks vacuum after the amount of available metal in warehouse system sank to the lowest since 1974, writes Andy Home.
October 21, 2021 To be or not to be: how the Evergrande crisis can affect gold The slowdown in global economic growth caused by the burst of China’s real estate bubble should bring us closer to the stagflationatory scenario.
October 21, 2021 Piedmont increases resource at North Carolina lithium project Total resource estimate for the project now comes to 44.2 Mt at 1.08% Li2O, of which 64% is classified in the indicated category.
October 21, 2021 Dalian iron ore price tumbles on slow China manufacturing Steel consumption is still slow in the short term as recent power rationing has hurt manufacturing activities in the world's second-largest economy.
October 21, 2021 Freeport copper output falls short just as the world needs more of the metal Freeport-McMoRan produced less copper than expected last quarter from its mines in the Americas.
October 21, 2021 Copper price falls as supply squeeze begins to fade Metal price jumped to a new high last week as stockpiles hit a 47-year low.
October 20, 2021 Nickel price surges to highest in seven years as supply dwindles BloombergNEF expects the nickel price to remain elevated above $18,000, although it will continue to underperform copper and aluminum.
October 20, 2021 Gold price up after Fed official downplays chances of imminent rate hikes Fed Governor Christopher Waller said the US central bank should begin tapering its bond-buying program next month, though rate increases are probably “still some time off.”
October 20, 2021 What happens when the world’s key metal exchange has no metal? That’s the question the exchange is urgently trying to address for its flagship copper contract, which sets the global price for one of the world’s most important commodities.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
