July 21, 2021 Rusal may curb aluminum exports once Russian tax kicks in The company may reduce those sales by hundreds of thousands of tonnes this year because the levies will make some shipments unprofitable.
July 20, 2021 Gold price fails to capitalize on falling bond yields Benchmark 10-year treasury yields touched more than a five-month low, reducing the opportunity cost of holding gold.
July 20, 2021 Iron ore price rises on disappointing figures by top producers The metal has been in a bull market for more than two years, and it’s not about to end soon, according to Goldman Sachs.
July 19, 2021 EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.
July 19, 2021 LME launches six new contracts, including lithium and scrap aluminium The LME had delayed the launch of its lithium hydroxide and the five other new contracts from an original date of June 14.
July 19, 2021 Copper price falls amid covid-19 worries China will continue to release copper, aluminum, and zinc from its state reserves in batches.
July 19, 2021 China to add 110 million tonnes of coal production capacity in H2 2021 The world's biggest coal consumer had added more than 140 million tonnes per annum of coal mining capacity in the first half of this year.
July 18, 2021 Assmang calls force majeure on manganese alloys in South Africa Assmang halts KwaZulu-Natal manganese operations amid South African riots.
July 17, 2021 New York beating London as trading hub for booming cobalt market Trading activity in CME’s contract has been gathering steam since its launch in December.
July 16, 2021 Gold stock upleg rebound Last month’s Fed gold futures purge crushing gold stocks left them both really oversold technically and really undervalued.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
