December 18, 2017 Satellites are reshaping how traders track earthly commodities Companies like Ursa Space Systems Inc. are using satellites to try to shed light on tightly held secrets in the commodity trading world.
December 18, 2017 2018 global diamond industry primer 2017 has been a year of excess inventory shifting from the upstream segment of the diamond industry to the mid-stream segment.
December 17, 2017 Copper jumps to 3-week high Benchmark copper on the LME settled up 1.4% to US$6,886 a tonne.
December 15, 2017 Coal into bitcoin? Dirty secret of 2017’s hottest market Creation of digital bitcoins by computer networks has real-world consequences in form of massive energy use, including fuels that cause most pollution.
December 15, 2017 Bacanora Minerals Ltd strategic cornerstone investor & offtake agreement NextView Capital agreed to acquire a 19.89% equity interest in Bacanora via placement of 32,976,635 common shares in the Company at 94.53 $1.26 per share.
December 13, 2017 China’s Nov commodity imports confirm trends; copper the outlier: Russell In past three months, China’s commodity imports were extremely strong in Sept, unbelievably weak in Oct, now roaring back to strength in Nov.
December 13, 2017 Want to make money in industrial metals next year? Ask China how Base metals were hot this year with zinc, copper and aluminum among leaders, climbing between 15% and 23%. What about 2018? Analysts say China will know.
December 13, 2017 China’s Nanjing Hanrui can’t be sure its cobalt did not involve child labour Concerns about the sourcing of Yantai’s metal have reduced interest in the LME’s cobalt contract, trading sources said.
December 13, 2017 Electronic waste at new high, squandering gold, other metals-study Raw materials in 2016 scrap worth an estimated $64.61 billion, including metals such as gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium, U.N.-backed study said.
December 12, 2017 World Bank to stop funding oil and gas projects The institution will stop all lending for oil and gas projects after 2019, with some exceptions.
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
