March 3, 2020

Western Mining has force majeure application accepted

Company operates both mines and smelters and it has 160,000 tonnes of annual copper smelting capacity.

March 3, 2020

SQM warns of further lithium price drop, coronavirus impact

The world’s No. 2 lithium miner saw profits drop 38% in Q4 2019 and said sales to China in the first months of 2020 could be hit by the virus.

March 2, 2020

Iron ore, copper prices surge despite China factory data shock

Investors look beyond fall in manufacturing gauge to lowest on record to hopes of massive infrastructure stimulus from Beijing.

March 2, 2020

PDAC 2020: Coronavirus weighs on mining outlook

Sparse attendance in Toronto convention shows impact of the virus outbreak.

March 1, 2020

Seaborne coal prices spike not expected to last long – report

Fitch Ratings predicts that the disruptions caused by COVID-19 will ease over the medium term.

February 28, 2020

China restarts rare earth capacity after closures

A new market report by Roskill looks at the impact of the disruptions.

February 28, 2020

Palladium price dives 10% one day after record high

Yesterday palladium rose to $2,875.

February 28, 2020

Shanghai copper, zinc inventories near 3-year high as virus hits demand

Copper stockpiles rose 4.1% to 310,760 tonnes this week, while zinc inventories were up 11.8%.

February 28, 2020

Worst commodity returns since 1987 spawned by virus sell-off

Bloomberg Commodity Index slid for a fifth session Friday, in the worst performance since September 2011.

February 28, 2020

Gold price plunges with biggest slide since 2013

Spot gold fell as much as 4.5%, the most intraday since June 2013, according to Bloomberg generic pricing.