April 22, 2024

Chinese nickel billionaire boosts Australian miner in Indonesia

In under a decade, Nickel Industries Ltd. has gone from a relatively small miner to the world’s sixth-biggest producer of the metal.

April 22, 2024

Column: China’s strong iron ore imports diverge from weak steel output

China's first quarter imports of iron ore and its domestic production of the steel raw material both rose strongly, but output of crude steel fell.

April 22, 2024

Iron ore price weakens amid waning China stimulus hopes, high portside stocks

Iron ore futures prices ticked lower on Monday, weighed down by diminishing hopes of more stimulus in China.

April 22, 2024

Huayou cuts lithium production, costs on battery metals rout

The Chinese firm said its inventory levels for lithium products expanded by more than 3,900% last year.

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.