February 19, 2021

Copper price keeps soaring as bullish sentiment prevails

Citigroup analysts have pinned the global copper deficit at about 500,000 tonnes starting this year.

February 19, 2021

Shortages, shipping and stocks feed bullish tin price narrative

Metal on the LME are close to $25,550 a tonne, the highest since February 2012, after a gain of 24% so far this year.

February 18, 2021

Iron ore price at highest since 2011 on China post-holiday demand outlook

Metal prices surged during the first trading day since the lunar new year in China, as activity ramps up to pre-pandemic levels.

February 18, 2021

Copper price blasts to 9-year high on demand optimism

Other industrial metals also jumped, with aluminum, nickel, tin and lead all hitting multi year highs.

February 18, 2021

Hecla silver production improves by 7% in 2020

Hecla now has the third-highest silver and gold reserves in company's 130-year history.

February 17, 2021

Manganese X confirms wide zones of mineralization at Battery Hill

Drill core assays from the Moody Hill area returned grades as high as 27.69% MnO.

February 17, 2021

Gold price dealt ‘fatal blow’ by bond yield rally

Gold fell to its lowest in over two months as surging bond yields and a firmer US dollar continued to take a toll on the precious metal.

February 17, 2021

Global copper smelting slides in January amid covid-19 lockdowns

Top producer China dipped but from high levels, satellite service SAVANT and broker Marex Spectron said in a joint statement.

February 17, 2021

Commodity prices – Supercycle or regular upturn?

It is possible another supercycle is now underway but it would be arriving unusually quickly.

February 17, 2021

Rio Tinto to tackle customers’ emissions, hands out biggest dividend ever

The miner is giving $9bn in cash back to shareholders and has laid out plans to tackle its global customers' carbon footprint.