May 6, 2021

Eramet set to sell aero supplier Brown Europe to Ace Capital

Brown Europe specialises in production of wires and bars in superalloys and stainless steels mainly for the aerospace market.

May 6, 2021

Anglo American investors approve spin-off of South African thermal coal

Anglo is shifting away from assets that mine the most polluting fossil fuels and is also looking to exit from its Colombian thermal coal mine.

May 6, 2021

China suspends economic dialogue with Australia as relations curdle

Bilateral ties were strained in 2018 when Australia became the first country to publicly ban Chinese tech giant Huawei from its 5G network.

May 6, 2021

Russell: Some commodity producers lagging the rallies in red-hot metals

The share prices of major producers have not quite matched the stellar gains of the commodities they produce.

May 6, 2021

Ganfeng Lithium grabs Bacanora in $246.5m deal

Ganfeng, which in February rose its stake in Bacanora to 28.88% from 17.41%, will acquire the remaining shares at 67.5 pence each.

May 5, 2021

Iron ore price surges as steel rally fires up demand

Expectations are building that benchmark prices can get to $200 a tonne.

May 5, 2021

Gold price inches higher as US yields retreat

The gold market is discounting Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's prior remarks about needing rate increases.

May 5, 2021

Barrick CEO blasts ‘hysterical’ fund managers chasing quick cash

Investors are undermining the gold industry’s ability to grow by demanding a bigger share of profits from high bullion prices, Mark Bristow says.

May 5, 2021

Home: China’s super-charged buying reshapes the copper market

China’s net imports of refined copper surged by 38% to 4.4 million tonnes last year, breaking all historical records.

May 5, 2021

London Metal Exchange trading revenues fall 17% in Q1 2021

Traders who use the exchange attributed the drop in volumes and revenue to the closure of Europe’s last open-outcry trading floor, or ring, last year.