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.
Ganfeng Lithium says it may face insider-trading charges In a statement published in July 2024, Ganfeng said it had traded shares of Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. in 2020 using insider information. January 04, 2026 | 09:02 am
Botswana to open embassy in Moscow, open up to Russia in rare earths and diamonds Russia is seeking to strengthen its foothold in Africa amid the wider confrontation with the West. January 04, 2026 | 08:52 am
Coronado’s Curragh mining suspension adds to financial woes A roof collapse occurred at about 3 p.m. local time Friday at Curragh’s Mammoth underground mine. January 03, 2026 | 07:53 pm
