January 20, 2020

Funds buy into copper as trade war uncertainty lifts

Funds have been holding a net long position on the CME copper contract since the beginning of this year.

January 20, 2020

Trade war has copper prices artificially low, Chile minister says

A resolution to the trade dispute may prompt buyers including China to rebuild their stockpiles, helping fuel the rebound in prices, Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica said.

January 20, 2020

Anglo American goes back to fertilizers with Sirius Minerals’ $527 million buy

The move throws a much-needed lifeline to the British junior behind a huge fertilizer project.

January 17, 2020

Fresh high for iron ore price as Chinese steel breaks records

Crude steel output was just shy of 1 billion tonnes in 2019, up 8.3%.

January 17, 2020

LME stock surge grounds high-flying nickel, but for how long?

London Metal Exchange inventory has more than doubled in the space of little more than a month.

January 17, 2020

Gold stocks wavering

Stock traders must remain wary until speculators’ extreme gold-futures positioning finally gets normalized through big selling.

January 17, 2020

American Battery Metals signs LOI for Elk gold project, stock up 16%

The Elk project has a resource estimate comprising 442,600 ounces of gold in the measured and indicated categories.

January 17, 2020

Palladium tops $2,500 an ounce in biggest one-day surge since 2008

The metal is headed for its best week since 2001 and showing little sign of slowing down.

January 17, 2020

Graph: Low inventories to frustrate zinc bears

Stocks of zinc in LME warehouses are close to 20-year lows.

January 17, 2020

Kirkland’s $3.4bn bid for Detour wins backing from proxy advisory firms

Chances of deal going ahead bolstered.