January 15, 2020 Market risk, economic growth to drive gold demand this year — report The major driving forces include financial uncertainty and lower interest rates, a weakening in global economic growth, and gold's price volatility, says World Gold Council.
January 15, 2020 Cobalt price: After dismal 2019, could Tesla-Glencore deal spark turnaround? Even before the rumoured deal, more than 80% of the world's largest cobalt miner's output was tied up for years to come, a new report shows.
January 15, 2020 China agrees to buy rare earths that US doesn’t have to give The phase one trade deal includes rare earths that are already in short supply in the US.
January 15, 2020 Congo opens Chinese-owned Deziwa copper and cobalt mine The deposit, around 35 kilometres east of Kolwezi, is estimated to hold 4.6 million tonnes of copper and 420,000 tonnes of cobalt.
January 14, 2020 Iron price gains as China imports leap to over 1 billion tonnes December cargo volumes highest since September 2018 as Beijing's economic stimulus pays off.
January 14, 2020 China rare earth exports rebound in December, but annual shipments lowest since 2015 Full-year rare earth shipments came in at 46,330 tonnes in 2019.
January 14, 2020 Copper price rally builds on record Chinese demand China's refined copper imports surge to highest in four years and concentrate shipments set third annual record.
January 14, 2020 Gold falls again as demand for havens wanes Gold has lost more than 1% this week and may decline further ahead of the signing on Wednesday.
January 14, 2020 Continental Gold shareholders urged to back Zijin’s $1bn takeover deal China’s No.1 gold producer wants access to Continental’s flagship Buritica project in Colombia.
January 13, 2020 Copper price jumps to 8-month high Trade hopes buoy industrial metal, but new supply may crimp longer term outlook.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
