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.
Column: Power trumps tariffs as another US aluminum smelter shuts Import tariffs haven't been enough to stop the US losing another aluminum smelter, leaving the country with just five primary metal production plants. February 19, 2026 | 02:56 pm
