January 19, 2018 Trump trade talk helping convince China on aluminum, Alcoa says The Trump administration’s condemnation of cheap Chinese aluminum is helping resolve overcapacity in China even before any measures are implemented.
January 19, 2018 A candidate for ‘deal of the year’ in British Columbia Very rarely I come across a junior that simply seems to tick almost all boxes, and it looks like new sponsor Kutcho Copper Corp. is doing just that.
January 19, 2018 Bond market bear creating gold bull Currently, there's a lot of good news for gold which thrives on the spectre of high government debt leading to more money-printing and inflation.
January 18, 2018 Australian shares slip slightly on Wall Street pause; NZ little changed Wall Street fell on Thursday after a run of strong performances from the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index.
January 17, 2018 Gold rally has legs on voracious China demand, bullish options Gold’s breakneck rally eased this week, but tailwinds in both physical and paper markets suggest it’s got room to run.
January 16, 2018 These four factors will boost gold demand in 2018 — WGC Synchronised global economic growth, shrinking central bank balance sheets, rising interest rates, insubstantial asset prices and market transparency are the trends to watch this year, the World Gold Council said.
January 15, 2018 China’s state-owned coal firms target 12.65m tonnes of capacity cuts China's central government-owned enterprises will target coal capacity cuts of 12.65m tonnes in 2018, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
January 14, 2018 China imported a record amount of iron ore in 2017 Hunger for high-quality iron ore from Australia and Brazil pushed Chinese imports of the steelmaking ingredient to a record high in 2017.
January 14, 2018 Gold gains $21 in 3 days on T-bond selloff Gold enjoyed a nice lift late last week as the yellow metal cruised to $1,337.40 at the close of trading Friday in New York.
January 12, 2018 Zinc price hits fresh decade high “From the macro point of view, this is not an environment where you’d want to be shorting metals.”
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am