Plunging inventories have zinc bulls ready to run Could we be looking at another run in the zinc price like in 2017, when it spiked from $1.19 a pound to $1.61 within only six months (+35%)? Rick Mills | February 15, 2019 | 12:26 pm
Gold-stock mega-mergers bad Combining major gold miners already struggling with slowing production doesn’t solve the problem, but only masks it for a single year. Adam Hamilton - Zeal Intelligence | February 15, 2019 | 11:57 am
SNC-Lavalin faces squeeze to speed asset sales as crisis deepens It’s surprising how everything snowballed. Bloomberg News | February 15, 2019 | 10:59 am
Mongolia posts 6.9% economic growth in 2018 Coal and copper generate almost 70% of Mongolia's total export revenues and most of its mining output is sold to neighboring China. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:40 am
South Africa’s Gold Fields FY profit slumps as production drops Revenue dropped 7% to $2.58 billion in 2018 from $2.76 billion in 2017 due to the lower ounces sold. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:28 am
EU starts investigation into Chinese steel wheel imports The investigation could lead to provisional duties being applied within nine months and definitive duties, typically in place for five years, in 15 months. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:13 am
Brazil’s Usiminas more than doubles profits in 2018 Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted $223.21 million in profit in 2018. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:01 am
India, Japan demand falls; holiday hangover dulls trade elsewhere Until there is a solution to what is happening globally with Brexit and trade talks, we might see no clear direction. Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 9:53 am
China won’t come to the rescue in global iron ore supply crisis “If China’s mines could produce more they would already be doing so." Bloomberg News | February 15, 2019 | 9:35 am