August 2, 2019

Gold price surges to record high in 73 currencies

Including all-time peaks in pound sterling, Canadian, Australian dollar and a USD six-year high in New York on Friday.

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.