April 26, 2020

China’s Yunnan launches 800,000 T metals stockpiling drive

The funds will be used to cover interests on bank loans taken out for the one-year stockpiling drive, which will include copper, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, among others.

April 22, 2020

Reeling aluminum market braces for Alcoa’s outlook

Company forecast in January that global supply would exceed demand by as much as 1 million metric tonnes this year.

April 13, 2020

Home: A brief history of China’s metals stockpiling programmes

When the going gets tough in industrial metal markets, the Chinese get stockpiling.

April 12, 2020

French industry can return to work safely, metals lobby says ahead of Macron speech

The industry is in "an extremely worrying situation" after 24 days of lockdown, Philippe Darmayan, president of the union of metals industry and businesses, 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 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 6, 2020

Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 mining companies

MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.

April 6, 2020

Canned food sprees won’t save aluminum

Demand has slowed for a decade, and a surplus was expected this year even before the current crisis.

April 3, 2020

Rusal, Glencore strike aluminum deal worth up to $16.3bn

Rusal will supply up to 6.9 million tonnes of the metal to Glencore under the contract.

March 30, 2020

Collapsing auto sector a body blow for industrial metals

In terms of industrial metal markets, the automotive sector has turned from hero to zero in the space of weeks.