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.”
January 12, 2018 World seaborne coal trade rose 1.5 pct in 2017 – German importers This rise happened due to a recovery in output in producer countries such as the United States, Russia and China and an accompanying rise in export activity.
January 12, 2018 How China is locking up critical resources in the US’s own backyard China’s global resource grab, and the ramifications for the rest of the world, are on my radar screen. Are they on yours? If not, maybe they should be.
January 9, 2018 Oil tanker still on fire in the East China Sea The Sanchi collided with a cargo ship about 260km off the coast of Shanghai.
January 9, 2018 Vale closes sale of fertilizer business to Mosaic for $1.4 billion Brazilian mining giant is retaining control of the TIPLAM port terminal, which was originally included in the deal.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
