December 31, 2018

Commodities cap another dismal year as ’19 offers tough test

Raw materials have lost ground amid a flurry of signs the pace of expansion will slow next year.

December 28, 2018

With turmoil rampant, gold targets $1,300 as gloomy 2019 beckons

Gold is closing out 2018 with a flourish.

December 27, 2018

Year’s best major metal gains steam as supply eclipses trade woe

The price of palladium has more then doubled in the past three years.

December 27, 2018

Human activity creates 208 new mineral species

Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls

December 27, 2018

Barra looks to China for GM’s electric rebirth: Anjani Trivedi

In 2014, Barra listened to accounts of families who’d lost a member while driving in a General Motors Co. Chevrolet Cobalt that malfunctioned.

December 27, 2018

China’s industrial profits suffer first drop in 3 years, piles pressure on economy

The gloomy data points to a further loss of economic momentum as a trade dispute with the US piles pressure on China's vast manufacturing sector.

December 27, 2018

China copper smelters raise TC/RC floor for Q1 2019

China's top copper smelters on Thursday raised their floor treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for the first quarter of 2019 by 2.2 percent.

December 26, 2018

Trump’s EPA to maintain Obama-era coal plant curbs, with a twist

Electric utilities have already spent billions of dollars to meet the requirements.

December 26, 2018

Dalian coke futures end at 3-week low on demand concerns

Chinese iron ore and rebar contracts, however, edged up on hopes that steel demand will pick up.

December 26, 2018

U.S. trade delegation to travel to China week of Jan. 7 for talks

The meeting would be the first in-person talks since Trump met with Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires on Dec. 1.