June 23, 2020 Chinese steel giant eyes Simandou Baowu wants to develop the massive iron mine in Guinea to secure supply of the main raw material.
June 19, 2020 Trillion-dollar US plan will draw in plenty of metal A global infrastructure spending push would mean a lot more energy metals will need to be mined.
June 19, 2020 Altura inks lithium supply contracts with Ningbo Shanshan The Australian miner would supply a minimum of 60,000 tonnes of the metal.
June 18, 2020 Gold price dips as Beijing claims virus cases contained Spot gold dropped 0.1% after rising to a near one-week high earlier in the day.
June 18, 2020 Shandong Gold to buy Cardinal Resources for $221 million The deal continues a recent M&A flurry by Chinese gold firms.
June 17, 2020 Energy demand growth was slowing before covid-19, says BP The oil major’s annual Statistical Review showed that growth in primary energy consumption slowed to 1.3% in 2019.
June 16, 2020 Copper blind-sided by the strength of Chinese recovery Mine closures have grabbed the headlines but the bigger supply disruption has taken place in the copper scrap sector.
June 16, 2020 Barrick sells majority stake in Shandong for $210 million Both companies have been partners in the Veladero mine in Argentina.
June 16, 2020 Tesla strikes deal to buy cobalt from Glencore for EV plants The deal could involve Glencore supplying as much as 6,000 tonnes of the metal a year for lithium-ion batteries.
June 15, 2020 Gold and iron ore are doing equally well. Their miners are not Shares in Rio Tinto are down 4.8% so far this year. Stock in BHP is down 9.6%.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
