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…

May 8, 2019

IEA: Renewables growth is stalling

Renewable energy deployment stalled out last year, raising alarm bells about the pace of the clean energy transition.

May 7, 2019

Trade war has wiped out $22B for materials investors

The S&P Chemical Index lost about $20 billion in market value in two days, while the metals index lost nearly $850 million.