The bear case for the zinc price
JP Morgan: "We think the second-half 2017 fundamental outlook for zinc looks less supportive, easing supply constraints and questionable demand strength."
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Amplats warns H1 profits to fall on impairments, rand
South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) expects half-year profits to fall by as much as 67 percent due to a stronger rand, lower sales and post-tax impairments, the company said on Tuesday.
Steady performance by Kibali as it finalises full commissioning
The two remaining components of the Kibali gold mine - its underground shaft system and third hydropower plant - are both on track, Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow said today.
The technical failure that could clear the oil glut in a matter of weeks
OPEC exports have come under pressure this week from technical threats to oil fields, with Saudi Arabia’s Manifa problems grabbing the headlines.
Rio’s revised iron ore guidance pushes price to three-month high
From the recent low of $53.36 a tonne hit on June 13, iron ore prices have now surged more than 27%.
Clean energy transition to increase demand for minerals — World Bank
Big winners will be aluminum, copper, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel, silver, steel, and zinc and rare earth minerals such as indium, molybdenum, and neodymium.
Coal mine sold for less than $1 reopens, to reach full production by year-end
Blair Athol thermal coal mine, located in Queensland, Australia, had been closed since 2012 when former owner Rio Tinto shut down operations after almost 30 years of production.
Rio Tinto axes iron ore export forecast for the year
It also revised down its expected share of hard coking coal for the year to between 7.2 to 7.8 million tonnes from 7.8 to 8.4 million tonnes.
Zinc, lead prices gain on deeper deficits
New report shows lead swinging into 91,000 tonne deficit and zinc undersupply increasing by a third to 178,000 tonnes during first five months of 2017.
