August 20, 2021

Copper price bounces back after hitting six-month low

Copper prices are tumbling as miners in the top producing nation gird to fight for bigger bonuses, setting the stage for labor strife that raises the risk of supply disruptions.

August 19, 2021

Copper price hits six-month low as China reins in growth, covid fears rise

Mining stocks also slid, with BHP down more than 18% from the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan down 16%, and Glencore down 12%.

August 19, 2021

Iron ore price dives 13% on Fed, Chinese growth worries

Prices are more than 40% below a record high reached three months ago.

August 19, 2021

Taliban’s return clouds long-delayed plans for Afghanistan’s resources

Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth has been trumpeted as a path to economic independence for the country but instability has repeatedly hampered past projects.

August 18, 2021

Iron ore price lowest since March on Chinese steel curbs

Iron ore inventories at 45 ports in China increased by 260,000 tonnes last week to 127 million tonnes.

August 17, 2021

Copper price extends decline on fears over fourth covid-19 wave

Copper price has been weighed down by possible policy tightening in some major economies and rising global coronavirus cases.

August 17, 2021

Chinese miner fined over molybdenum ore spill – media

In the March 2020 incident water containing molybdenum ore flowed out of a tailings pond belonging to Yichun Luming Mining Co and into a local river system.

August 16, 2021

Copper price falls on muted China retail and industrial data

Copper prices declined on Monday after data showed factory output and retail sales in China rose more slowly than expected in July.

August 16, 2021

China’s steel output hits 15-month low

Chinese industrial production in July increased 6.4% y/y vs median estimate of 7.9%.

August 16, 2021

Home: Funds unimpressed by mounting copper supply disruption

Macro headwinds in the form of slowing growth impetus in China and the spread of the Delta variant of covid-19 are currently outweighing copper’s micro-dynamics.