January 14, 2021 China’s 2020 copper imports hit record high Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.
January 14, 2021 LME’s twilight zone absorbs stocks build The amount of aluminum sitting in this LME twilight zone grew by 829,000 tonnes between February and November.
January 13, 2021 Russia for first time holds more gold than US dollars in $583 billion reserves The share of dollar assets dropped to 22%, down from more than 40% in 2018.
January 13, 2021 Appian CEO on principles for mining investment The commodities market is witnessing the sharpest rally in more than a decade.
January 13, 2021 Elite diamond-buying club shrinks as De Beers culls old clients De Beers has cut off some of its long-term diamond buyers, marking one of the biggest shakeups in the way the miner sells gems.
January 13, 2021 Rhodium price roars above $20,000 in precious metals’ biggest rally Rhodium, used in engine exhausts to neutralize harmful nitrous oxides, has been in deficit for most of the last decade.
January 13, 2021 Gold-backed ETFs end record 2020 with second month of outflows ETFs grew their holdings by 876 tonnes in 2020 - equivalent to around a quarter of the annual output of the world's gold mines.
January 13, 2021 Petra Diamonds’ investors back restructuring Majority approved plan includes reducing authorized share capital of the company by cutting the nominal value of all ordinary shares from 10p to 0.001p.
January 13, 2021 Cornish Metals to float shares in London The copper and tin miner will apply for admission of its common shares to trade on the Alternative Investment Market.
January 12, 2021 M&A and strong metal prices in the year ahead Many analysts believe 2021 will see other big M&A deals in the mining space.
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