March 31, 2020

Copper price in last ditch rally

Copper price jumps 4% as China manufacturing rebounds, but analysts warn market is far from returning to normal levels.

March 31, 2020

Lead’s viral resistance carries a lesson for other metals

Lead, trading in London at $1,725 per tonne, is down by just 10.1% so far this year.

March 31, 2020

Jiangxi Copper plans to lift 2020 output by 6% y/y, but warns of virus impact

Last year's net profit was Jiangxi Copper's best since 2014.

March 31, 2020

Vale says resumption of lost capacity could be slowed

Vale calculates roughly 18 million tonnes of output could be interrupted in the transoceanic market.

March 30, 2020

Zinc production to ramp up over coming years – report

Fitch Solutions expects elevated prices will encourage miners to restart idled capacity and begin production at key new mines.

March 30, 2020

Global copper miners head for worst quarter since 2008

The BI Global Copper Competitive Peers index has slumped 37% this quarter, led by Teck, Hudbay and Freeport-McMoRan.

March 27, 2020

Aluminium surplus to balloon as producers resist output cuts

Wood Mackenzie expects to see a surplus of at least 1.5 million tonnes this year.

March 26, 2020

Coronavirus slows US push to produce electric vehicle minerals

Virus is dealing a blow to President Donald Trump's plan to curb Chinese control of the strategic minerals sector.

March 25, 2020

China Jan-Feb rare earth magnet exports fall 4.2% as virus curbs shipments

Overall rare earth exports down 17.3% in January and February from a year earlier.

March 25, 2020

China’s first iron ore futures ETF raises $11m ahead of Friday debut

The ETF will track the Dalian Commodity Exchange iron ore futures index and use its closing price on March 20 as a benchmark.