April 14, 2025

China offers banks extra gold import quotas as investors flock

The central bank typically limits the amount of physical bullion coming into the world’s top-consuming market.

April 14, 2025

Gold-trading frenzy erupts in China as tensions with US escalate

The Shanghai Futures Exchange saw trading volumes of the precious metal hit the highest level in a year last week.

April 14, 2025

Copper prices climb as traders welcome tariff reprieve

US President Donald Trump handed out exemptions to his punishing tariffs on some products, lifting market sentiment.

April 14, 2025

China urges US to follow international law on reported deep-sea metals stockpile plan

The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable stockpiling of deep-sea metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed.

April 13, 2025

UK MPs pass emergency bill to rescue troubled British Steel

The bill will hand Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds extensive powers to direct British Steel’s staff and operations.

April 13, 2025

Trump planning to stockpile deep-sea minerals to counter China: FT

The executive order, according to FT, would allow the US government to build a "strategic reserve" of these critical minerals.

April 12, 2025

How the US and China are rewriting the global monetary system | Carrasco

Markets are whipsawing on tariffs, but are we missing the bigger picture? Fund Manager and commentator Jaime Carrasco joins us with a […]

April 11, 2025

Chinese rare earth shipments held up as trade war upends exports

The delays could take weeks to clear as questions including code classifications are clarified.

April 10, 2025

Infographic: Copper spheres of control

Who controls the future of copper mining?

April 10, 2025

Column: China primes rare earths weapon as trade war escalates

Chances are you've never heard of the rare earths that are now going to be subject to export restrictions, but they have seeped into all aspects of modern technology.