July 5, 2019 Iron ore price craters 6% China's powerful iron and steel industry body wants Beijing to "maintain normal market order".
July 3, 2019 Australia govt’s lithium price outlook is bleak Top exporter Australia predicts a 26% rise in lithium stockpiles in 2019 – that's 2.5 years of consumption.
July 3, 2019 Global stakeholders launch world’s first rare earth industry association The REIA comprises 12 founding members.
July 2, 2019 Tin slumps most in seven years on spike in Chinese selling The metal, which is mostly used in soldering, dropped 6.3% to settle at $17,700 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange.
July 2, 2019 HKEX launches spot aluminium trading on mainland China platform Trading started on Friday, June 28, with six Chinese companies, including a unit of state-run Chalco.
July 1, 2019 Global mined zinc production to ramp up — report Australia, China, India and Peru are key production drivers.
July 1, 2019 Base metals performance to slow in short term, Moody’s predicts Over the next year, Moody’s predicts prices will remain below 2018 levels while rising costs will put price margins under pressure.
July 1, 2019 Gold sinks most in a year as trade truce deals blow to bulls Bullion hit a six-year high last week as top central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve adopted a more dovish tone and tensions spiked between the U.S. and Iran.
June 28, 2019 China copper importers seek new metal sources as scrap crackdown bites China has been gradually curbing imports of scrap, which accounted for 10% of its copper use in 2018.
June 27, 2019 China coal imports seen cooling once Beijing reins in prices Authorities will seek to cap imports at, or even below, last year’s level of 281 million tonnes.
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