November 27, 2025

Japanese copper smelters seek 2026 TC/RCs different from China-set benchmarks

Global smelting capacity is expanding faster than mined supply, led by China, creating a persistent tightness in concentrate that has squeezed smelters' margins.

November 27, 2025

Iron ore price inches higher on softer dollar, weak demand caps gain

Waning demand for lump ores from loss-suffering steelmakers have led to the weak premiums.

November 27, 2025

Platinum prices rise as China launches new futures contracts

The contracts are the first domestic price-hedging mechanism for platinum and palladium in the world's second-largest economy.

November 26, 2025

Silver stockpile slump in China poses new risk to a hot market

Inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange recently hit the lowest level since 2015.

November 26, 2025

China ‘firmly opposes’ negative copper treatment charges

Treatment and refining charges – the fees earned by smelters for processing ore into metal – have plunged to record lows this year.

November 26, 2025

Codelco’s record China copper offer sparks threats to walk away

Record-high offers from Chile’s copper giant spur some Chinese buyers to exit 2025 term deals and question the benchmark.

November 25, 2025

China’s October net gold imports via Hong Kong fall about 64% from September

"What we're really seeing here is a weakness in the Chinese demand while they have been firmly strong earlier in the year," analyst says.

November 25, 2025

GRAPHIC: US set to narrow its rare earth gap, others not so much

China would still supply roughly 60% of the world's key magnet-making rare earths by 2030, according to Reuters analysis.

November 25, 2025

Codelco offers record premiums for 2026 copper sales to China

It offered to supply some buyers at a premium of $335 a ton over London Metal Exchange prices for 2026 annual contracts.

November 25, 2025

Column: Limp COP30 deal matters little in renewables vs fossil battle

What the COP30 did confirm is that the energy transition is increasingly divided into countries that rely on fossil fuels and those that are trying to end reliance.