May 3, 2021 Copper price keeps soaring while ICSG predicts 79,000 tonnes surplus in 2021 The global copper market should see a surplus of 79,000 tonnes in 2021 and of 109,000 tonnes in 2022, according to the International Copper Study Group.
May 3, 2021 LME to announce open outcry ring decision in early June LME floor trading was suspended over a year ago, in March 2020, amid a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of covid-19.
May 3, 2021 Major tin producer MSC won’t resume pre-covid output for 9 months MSC accounts for about 7% of global supplies estimated at around 330,000 tonnes last year.
May 3, 2021 Russell: China seeks to cool red-hot steel sector, and aims at Australia Beijing and Canberra have been at loggerheads for more than a year over a variety of political issues, but the fallout has been concentrated in trade.
May 3, 2021 CME starts trading lithium futures to tap EV demand Contracts tied to the battery metal are expected to make pricing more transparent.
May 2, 2021 Lithium producers grow bullish as EV revolution turbocharges demand Growing industry optimism from higher lithium prices is a change from last year when funding for mines and processing plants dried up during the pandemic.
May 1, 2021 Record metals prices catapult mining profits beyond big oil The mining windfall is the latest sign of a boom in iron ore, copper and other metals that’s sending an inflationary wave through the global economy.
April 30, 2021 Mapped: Global GDP forecasts for 2021 and beyond Global GDP growth forecasts for 2021 and 2022 sit at +6.0% and +4.4% respectively.
April 30, 2021 Chile output falls for 10th consecutive month, adding fuel to copper price rally Chile's copper production fell 2.2% year on year in Q1 2021, according to government statistics agency INE.
April 30, 2021 Copper price surge toward a record high is hitting Chinese industry Some Chinese manufacturers of electric wire have idled units and delayed deliveries or even defaulted on bank loans.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
