May 13, 2019 Copper, nickel, zinc prices sink on China car sales, trade war Near 17% decline in Chinese car sales in April – the 11th monthly drop in a row – compounds impact of Washington-Beijing trade salvoes.
May 13, 2019 Back on the menu: Chinese steel mills regain taste for high-grade iron ore Prices of 65% iron-content ore for delivery to China hit a five-year-peak of $110.5 a tonne on Thursday, while its premium to benchmark 62% ore widened to five-month highs.
May 13, 2019 Investors, autos to fuel platinum deficit in 2019 – Johnson Matthey Specialist materials firm Johnson Matthey forecast a 127,000-ounce platinum shortfall this year, after surpluses of 372,000 and 44,000 ounces in 2018 and 2017 respectively.
May 12, 2019 Hold tight for volatility as trade turmoil rattles markets anew Investors are standing by for a fresh bout of market turmoil as President Donald Trump turns up the heat on Beijing over trade.
May 12, 2019 Without US-China trade war, copper price would be higher – Antofagasta chairman A trade war between the United States and China is depressing the price of copper and the red metal would be 5% to 15% higher without the dispute, Jean-Paul Luksic…
May 10, 2019 US-China trade war isn’t buckling copper price – yet But tin, nickel miners and aluminum manufacturers should worry more.
May 10, 2019 Gold price dip bolsters festive demand in India; premiums slip in China Gold futures in India fell to 31,240 rupees per 10 grams last week, the lowest in more than four months and down 8.2% from a 2019 high of 34,031 rupees…
May 10, 2019 World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, obtained an environmental approval for the A$516-million ($361m) expansion of the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.
May 9, 2019 China to tighten steel capacity swapping, boost domestic iron ore output The announcement follows illegal capacity expansions approved by local governments under the cover of capacity swaps.
May 9, 2019 China’s environmental crackdown buoys lead, zinc Zinc stocks plummeted from 900,000 tonnes at the beginning of 2014 to around 120,000 five years later - due to a rash of zinc mine closures over the past few…
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
