April 15, 2024 Copper price at fresh high as satellite data shows sharp Chinese smelter cutbacks China’s Copper Smelter Purchase Team appears to be making good on promises of cutbacks with end-March inactivity at refiners jumping to 12.8% compared to 4.1% a year ago.
April 15, 2024 Metals whipsawed as sanctions on new Russian supplies rattle LME Aluminum jumped as much as 9.4% as the market opened, the most since the current form of the contract was launched in 1987.
April 15, 2024 New metals sanctions push Russia further into China’s embrace The sanctions now leave the Shanghai Futures Exchange as the only major commodities bourse in the world to accept Russian shipments.
April 15, 2024 Iron ore climbs to multi-week high on lower shipments, hopes of China stimulus Iron ore shipments from top suppliers Australia and Brazil tumbled by 28.8% week-on-week.
April 14, 2024 Gold prices at a record high are keeping pawn shops busy Record prices pushing toward $2,500 an ounce are proving hard to resist.
April 12, 2024 An eye-watering squeeze in copper ore is firing up the bulls An index of deals compiled by CRU shows the discount for copper ore – known as treatment and refining charges – has fallen to a record low in data going…
April 12, 2024 The big crunch is here as copper decouples from market cycles, Bank of America says The tension between demand and supply, coming as capital costs at mines rise while copper prices are slower to catch up, leads to significant price projections and concerns over the…
April 12, 2024 BHP suspending China portside iron ore sales until April 22 for system upgrade Industry sources said they did not expect much impact, noting that portside stocks are at high levels.
April 12, 2024 China’s March iron ore imports edge up, steel exports near 8-year high The world's largest iron ore consumer brought in 100.72 million metric tons month.
April 12, 2024 Copper price rally continues with surge to highest in 22 months Futures on the London Metal Exchange have risen more than 12% so far this year.
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
