January 18, 2018

The periodic table of commodity returns

If for some reason, you still think that the commodity markets are predictable, today’s chart provides a nice piece of humble pie.

January 15, 2018

European metals technology companies want to lead anti-corruption fight

Following the 2016 launching of the Collective Action Initiative for the Metals Technology Industry, the program announced today that it has added a new member.

January 15, 2018

Metals power higher as sickly dollar spurs copper-to-gold rally

Copper surged as much as 2.1 percent, the most since Nov. 13, to $7,262 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange.

January 14, 2018

New indicated resource points to expansion at New Century Zinc Mine

The re-start of a mothballed zinc mine in Australia is turning out to have a strong upside for both the mining company and its investors. 

January 12, 2018

Zinc price hits fresh decade high

“From the macro point of view, this is not an environment where you’d want to be shorting metals.”

January 12, 2018

Planetary Resources a step closer to mining asteroids with spacecraft launch

Data obtained from the Arkyd-6 will be use in the development of the Arkyd-301, Planetary Resources next spacecraft platform and the beginning of its space resource exploration program.

January 11, 2018

Mining profits are super-charged and BlackRock wants to get paid

“A lot of investors were really badly burned, ourselves included.”

January 7, 2018

Zinc prices hit highest in over a decade on supply concerns

Zinc hit its highest in more than a decade on Friday as concerns over market tightness persisted, while copper hit a two-week low as Chinese investor interest was muted with…

January 5, 2018

Peru’s environmental deregulation to spur more mining-related protests: analysts

The approval of the supreme decree 042-2017 in December might generate more unrest.

January 5, 2018

CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants

The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.