July 20, 2015 Chinese rare earth metals exchange to pay $6.4bn owed to investors The announcement came after the Fanya Metal Exchange saw hundreds of investors protesting outside the building last week.
July 17, 2015 Nexen’s oil sands pipeline leak one of Canada’s largest ever A day after reporting a significant jump in the number of pipeline failures, the Alberta Energy Regulator is now investigating one of the biggest ruptures in the province in years.
July 17, 2015 China just broke silence on gold reserves — first time since 2009 China says its gold reserves increased 57%, which makes it the country with the sixth-largest hoard of the precious metal.
July 16, 2015 Credit deflation and gold Crucially, the assumption in capital markets that gold is no longer money but just an asset or commodity has all but destroyed our understanding of its monetary relationships.
July 15, 2015 Shrinking Chinese steel market will drag down iron ore price The price of iron ore is holding above $50 for now, but a contraction in Chinese steel output will see producers increasingly fight for market share.
July 14, 2015 Congo’s Gecamines sells copper assets to Chinese for $52 million The deal increases Chinese miners presence in Congo, which is Africa’s top copper producer and the world’s largest producer of cobalt.
July 14, 2015 Iran, World powers reach ‘historic’ nuclear deal The agreement ends decades of economic sanctions against Iran, and includes reductions in centrifuges, international inspections.
July 12, 2015 China and Russia’s evolving relationship The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded a two-day meeting July 10 in Ufa, Russia, just two days after the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in the…
July 10, 2015 The fate of global rare earth miners rests on a China smuggling crackdown The fate of debt-ridden U.S. rare earth miner Molycorp rests on China's efforts to crack down on networks that smuggled as much as 40,000 tonnes of the vital technology metals…
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says One of the world’s biggest lithium traders is seeing a turnaround in the battery metal market as accelerating demand ends a glut that dragged down prices. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
