October 22, 2021

Shanghai aluminum at over 1-month low as coal prices drop

China’s thermal coal futures plunged and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices.

October 22, 2021

Copper price down on China’s move to cool coal market

On-warrant LME stocks, those not earmarked for delivery, have tumbled by over 90% since mid-August.

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.