August 9, 2021 Copper price falls as China’s import volumes drop by over 10% Copper prices fell to their lowest in more than two weeks on Monday as a firm dollar and demand worries weighed on sentiment.
August 9, 2021 Gold price dives to 4-month low on concerns of early Fed tapering Spot gold fell by as much as 4.4% during the early hours of Asian trading.
August 9, 2021 LME confirms trading to be split between open outcry and digital from Sept The solution caters both for smaller physical users who use official prices in their contracts and financial and larger physical users who focus more on closing prices.
August 9, 2021 Russell: China goes from driver to brake for crude oil, iron ore and copper China has switched from driving global demand for major commodities to being a drag on growth.
August 9, 2021 Indonesia suspends coal exports from 34 mining companies Companies failed to meet domestic market obligations between January and July this year, according to a government document.
August 9, 2021 Rio Tinto mismanagement caused cost overrun at Oyu Tolgoi Costs to expand the Mongolian mine, Rio's biggest copper growth project, have ballooned up to $6.75 billion from Rio's original budget of $5.3 billion in 2016.
August 8, 2021 Vale iron ore shipments from Northern Brazil at lowest in 4 years Iron ore shipments from the Ponta da Madeira port in São Luís were 18% lower than expected in July, according to Marine Traffic.
August 8, 2021 Mali’s gold exports ease 0.3% in 2020 Covid-19-related work stoppages impacted Mali's gold output in 2020.
August 6, 2021 Albemarle sees inflation as speed bump in supply growth Labor tightness in Western Australia has caused a three-month delay at the Kemerton II expansion.
August 6, 2021 Gold price plummets as US employment data beat expectations Gold could fall towards $1,700 in the near term, one analyst said.
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