August 6, 2019

Guinea extends deadline to bid for vacant blocks of giant Simandou iron ore deposit

Potential bidders now have until Aug. 19 to submit proposals in competition for one of the world’s most-fabled mineral deposits.

August 5, 2019

Copper sends a message to markets that growth is already wrecked

For the past year, copper traded like a seesaw on the on-again, off-again hopes of a US and China trade deal.

August 5, 2019

Iron ore futures down

Ore for September closed around 7.3% lower at $95.63 a tonne in Singapore. Benchmark spot material dropped to $99.50 a tonne on Monday.

August 4, 2019

Gold market in H1 2019

After the first half of the year, gold gained more than 10 percent, rising from $1,279 at the end of December 2018 to $1,409 at the end of June 2019.

August 2, 2019

Gold price surges to record high in 73 currencies

Including all-time peaks in pound sterling, Canadian, Australian dollar and a USD six-year high in New York on Friday.

August 2, 2019

Gold: demand mixed as prices rally; safe-haven interest picks up

Global benchmark spot gold was on course for a weekly gain, having jumped nearly 2% on an escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions.

August 2, 2019

China iron ore falls most in 4 weeks amid Vale optimism, demand concerns

Worries about demand for steel products also weighed on iron ore.

August 2, 2019

Trump tariff tweet hammers copper price to 7-month low

The bellwether industrial metal is now firmly in bear market territory.

August 1, 2019

Pan American Silver stock surges on drill success at La Colorada

Pan American plans to complete a 50,000 metre drill program and review the results of a 12 km magnetotellurics geophysics survey in 2019.

August 1, 2019

Hawkish rate cut sends gold prices down

Yesterday, the Fed trimmed down the interest rates. This was widely expected – yet a blunt ruling out of an extended easing cycle wasn’t.