October 7, 2016 Futures markets point to ‘overcooked’ coking coal price CHARTS: Panic buying from Europe and India said to be behind met coal surge.
October 6, 2016 Technicals, Chinese holiday behind much of gold price drop Chinese gold investors usually buy on dips, but the country's financial markets were closed for the annual Golden Week holiday.
October 4, 2016 CHART: Coking coal surge could kill quarterly pricing During Q3, the daily spot price averaged almost $133 per tonne, 44% higher than the quarterly benchmark agreed in late June.
October 4, 2016 US remains almost entirely dependent on China rare earths US imports 91% of its rare earth needs from China as low price environment bankrupts producers and stalls projects elsewhere.
October 3, 2016 China to reach target in cutting coal overcapacity by year-end The world’s biggest coal producer expects to reach targets for cutting unneeded capacity by the end of 2016, which is earlier than planned.
October 2, 2016 Will falling Chinese imports put the brakes on rising silver price? We would tend to disagree, taking silver’s more valuable sibling as a guide.
September 30, 2016 Chinese firm buys Anglo American niobium and phosphate operation in Brazil CMOC bought Fosfatos Brasil Limitada and Nióbio Brasil Limitada for US$1.7 billion.
September 30, 2016 Precious metals, nickel, zinc likely to outperform over next 2 years — analysts The commodity research teams at Macquarie and Barclays, however, are not as optimistic when it comes to potash, aluminum and steel.
September 29, 2016 Namibia’s new uranium mine to triple country’s output by 2017 The country is poised to becoming the world’s third largest producer of the commodity, as the massive Husab mine begins production in October.
September 29, 2016 Extreme pollution forces China to shut down hundreds of coal, steel operations The country’s state planner said it would also set up a no-coal zone in cities around Beijing in 2017 to try reducing the capital's hazardous smog levels.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
