April 9, 2020 Gold price leaps to $1,750 Gold vaults by $70 an ounce to 7-and-a-half year high as US central bank floods financial system with cheap money.
April 9, 2020 Gold shows few signs of return to normal with spreads still wide The gold market is showing little signs of going back to normal.
April 8, 2020 Gold ETFs hit record high in Q1 For the month of March, gold ETFs added 151 tonnes for a net inflow of $8.1 billion, boosting holdings to a new all-time high of 3,185 tonnes, the WGC said.
April 8, 2020 In uncertain times, global metals exchange volumes surge LME's average daily activity jumped by 15% in March to 794,139 contracts, the highest monthly total since April 2018.
April 8, 2020 Cameco halts Canadian uranium plant The miner's move comes as it faces challenges maintaining an adequate workforce at the Ontario-based facility.
April 8, 2020 Philippines’ top nickel miners halt operations Nickel Asia Corp and Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc, are suspending mining and export operations in a southern province to comply with coronavirus-containment measures.
April 7, 2020 Glencore to shut Zambia copper mines The company is said to have declared force majeure at its Mopani Copper Mines.
April 7, 2020 The state of Chinese commodities shows recovery taking hold From oil to copper to coal, China’s gigantic commodities industry is signaling that the first economy to be flattened by the coronavirus is getting closer to a return to normality.
April 7, 2020 SolGold’s Ecuador copper project gets bigger A third resource update for Alpala has added 1.6m tonnes of copper, 2.5m ounces of gold and 92m ounces silver to the deposit.
April 7, 2020 Miners’ response to Brazil dam disaster still weak — report The Responsible Mining Foundation says vast majority of companies are still unable to demonstrate that they are reviewing how effectively they are managing TSF-related risks.
Zambian regulator suspends operations at Mopani’s Mufulira mine The Minerals Regulation Commission said in a statement the decision followed recent accidents at Mopani's operations. February 13, 2026 | 07:18 am