August 2, 2019 China iron ore falls most in 4 weeks amid Vale optimism, demand concerns Worries about demand for steel products also weighed on iron ore.
August 2, 2019 Electric ambition: BHP eyes EV market with speciality chemicals The world's biggest miner will face a test of its ability to move beyond bulk mining.
August 2, 2019 Trump tariff tweet hammers copper price to 7-month low The bellwether industrial metal is now firmly in bear market territory.
August 1, 2019 Trump ratchets up US-China trade war with new tariffs The new tariff will be imposed beginning Sept. 1, he said in a tweet.
August 1, 2019 Central bank hunger for gold lifts demand to three-year high Nations added 374.1 tons in the first six months as Russia and China kept building reserves and Poland made a massive purchase.
July 29, 2019 Goldman says ‘brewing’ bottleneck dims copper supply outlook China’s "brewing" copper smelter bottleneck signals deepening supply worries for a metal market that’s already seen facing shortages this year.
July 29, 2019 Lynas blames US-China trade war for rare earths market volatility Ongoing trade tensions between Beijing and Washington have impacted the miner's sales.
July 25, 2019 China Molybdenum takes full control of ex-Dreyfus metals unit for $518 million The Chinese firm already had a roughly 45% indirect interest in IXM, formerly the metals business of trading house Louis Dreyfus.
July 24, 2019 Cobalt, nickel, other battery metals face supply crunch by 2020s — report As the world sees demand for batteries grow at an unprecedented rate, supply of battery metals may soon not be enough to meet demand.
July 17, 2019 Lithium price: Tesla now sells 22% of world’s battery power The Model 3 alone represented 16% of electric vehicle battery capacity deployed globally in May.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
