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 10, 2020 US to impose sanctions on Iran’s metal exports and leaders The administration first prepared the sanctions in December, before tensions escalated between the US and Iran.
January 10, 2020 As metal trade shrinks, exchanges fight back with new products It was a year to forget for many of the base metals with copper, aluminium, zinc and lead closing out 2019 little changed from year-start levels.
January 7, 2020 Base metals hope for manufacturing recovery in 2020 Most analysts are looking for something better this year but the early indications are that bulls will have to be patient.
January 6, 2020 Chalco ships first cargo from Guinea bauxite project Boffa is slated to eventually produce 12 million tonnes of bauxite per year.
January 2, 2020 Top 50 biggest mining companies enter 2020 near $1 trillion value MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a revived industry entering the 2020s, but with […]
December 13, 2019 Bearish outlook for metal prices for 2020 — report But demand for lithium and cobalt is set to improve next year.
December 12, 2019 An abundance of aluminium scrap to spur US recyclers Valued for its lightness and anti-corrosive properties, demand for aluminium from US drinks firms is expected to rise over coming years.
December 5, 2019 Apple buys first-ever carbon-free aluminum from Alcoa-Rio Tinto venture The Alcoa-Rio joint venture wants to commercialize a technology by 2024 that uses a ceramic anode to make aluminum and emits only oxygen.
December 4, 2019 Indonesia dangles cheaper energy to lure billions in investment Indonesia is home to some of the world’s largest deposits of copper, nickel and tin.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
