January 30, 2020

Iron price rout on coronavirus deepens

Post lunar new year trading in iron ore resumes as coronavirus cases surpass 2002 SARS outbreak.

January 30, 2020

MMG suspends shipments from Las Bambas copper mine in Peru

The preventive measure seeks to protect trucks to and from the mine amid fresh protests against alleged pollution.

January 28, 2020

The coronavirus won’t wreck the commodities market

Investors are certainly making bets.

January 28, 2020

Continental’s investors approve buyout offer from Zijin

State-backed Zijin aims to secure Continental Gold's flagship Buritica gold project in Colombia.

January 27, 2020

Copper price losing streak now in double digits

Eight straight down days drops copper 10.2% to more than 3-month low as China struggles to contain coronavirus outbreak.

January 27, 2020

Safe havens shine as spreading virus spurs rush to buy gold

Prices rose as much as 1.1% as risk-off sentiment swept markets, with equities and crude oil tumbling.

January 24, 2020

Copper price rout continues as China virus spreads

Copper price down more than 7% since last week as China locks down 40m people as anger grows over coronavirus outbreak.

January 22, 2020

How China overtook the US as the world’s major trading partner

China's new infrastructure network is already transforming global trade.

January 22, 2020

Five copper price trends to watch in 2020

New Wood Mackenzie report expects a considerable amount of copper supply to be lost from unexpected disruption.

January 21, 2020

Global output drop fails to disperse aluminium gloom

Global aluminium production fell by 1.0% last year in its first annual contraction since 2009.