July 9, 2018 Invesco turns to Trump playbook for signs of a metal rebound Escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China has sent industrial metals to oversold territory.
July 6, 2018 Zambia delays projects to cut debt and woo IMF back to talks The IMF has warned the southern African nation is at high risk of debt distress, while investors have grown skeptical about the amount of external loans.
July 6, 2018 Metal markets are preparing for a new world disorder Donald Trump’s attempts to re-balance global trade have already sent the metals world into a tizzy and as countries respond to U.S. tariffs and sanctions, the disarray is set to…
July 5, 2018 Copper price takes another huge hit Bears ignore soothing words about US-China trade war dropping copper to near 1-year low in frenzied trade.
July 5, 2018 China’s top EV maker starts battery-swap service to lure users Beijing Electric Vehicle Co.,is preparing for a stock-market listing and starting a battery-swap service to reduce customers’ range anxiety and keep up with similar offerings from rivals.
July 5, 2018 Iron ore slides to seven-month low as trade war fears mount Iron ore’s starting to buckle after a series of warnings that prices are set to drop amid rising global supply, and as investors fret about the potential impact of escalating…
July 5, 2018 Steel making raw materials hit multi-week lows in China on trade woes Prices of steelmaking raw materials dropped to multi-week lows on Thursday as a festering trade row between China and the United States kept risk appetite low.
July 4, 2018 US probe darkens Glencore horizons from Africa to Americas Investigation is casting a wider net with the addition of Venezuela and Nigeria to its investigation, increasing the likelihood that Glencore’s management will get bogged down in a lengthy legal…
July 4, 2018 Former Rio Tinto exec jailed for corruption in China let free The ex-head of iron ore business in China, Stern Hu, spent almost nine years in a Shanghai prison after a 2010 conviction for corruption and industrial espionage.
July 4, 2018 Indonesia extends Freeport operating permit for Grasberg Indonesia has extended an operating permit for Freeport's Grasberg copper-gold mine while discussions over long-term rights continue.
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