April 22, 2024 Nornickel moves closer to biggest buyer with plan for copper plant in China The Russian firm will close its Arctic copper plant and build one in China with an unnamed partner.
April 21, 2024 China is front and center of gold’s record-breaking rally Juicing gold's rally is unrelenting Chinese demand, as retail shoppers, fund investors, futures traders and even the central bank look to bullion as a store of value in uncertain times.
April 19, 2024 Spectacular copper price rally only gaining momentum A double digit runup in copper just in April lifts the orange metal to within sight of $10,000/tonne as warnings prices are running ahead of fundamentals emerge.
April 19, 2024 Iron ore price set for second weekly gain on improving China demand Iron ore has gained more than 15% so far this month.
April 18, 2024 Column: Funds buy back into copper’s supercycle credentials The impact of fund flows on the current price dynamics may be a harbinger of things to come.
April 17, 2024 Biden calls for tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel The Biden administration is also pressuring neighboring Mexico to prohibit China from selling its metal products to the United States indirectly from there.
April 17, 2024 Russia and China trade new copper disguised as scrap to skirt taxes, sanctions Russian RCC and Chinese firms have avoided taxes and skirted the impact of sanctions by trading in new copper wire rod disguised as scrap.
April 17, 2024 Traders are already gaming the new Russian metal sanctions The opportunity lies in massive piles of Russian metal already sitting in the LME global warehouse network.
April 17, 2024 Iron ore price hits over 5-week high on improving steel market, pre-holiday restocking Near-term ore demand will remain solid as mills show increasing willingness to resume production after an improvement in margins and downstream demand, said analysts.
April 17, 2024 Short squeeze fears grip tin as LME says it’s watching market Tin's 25% advance in 2024 puts it well ahead of more closely-watched commodities like copper or crude oil.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
