November 30, 2025

Zijin founder who built the $100 billion Chinese miner retires

Chen Jinghe will step down as chairman after steering the company to the upper echelon of global metals miners.

November 30, 2025

Tianqi keeps door open to international arbitration in SQM fight

The company has been arguing that a deal to give Codelco majority ownership in SQM’s prized Atacama lithium should have gone to a shareholder vote.

November 30, 2025

High gold prices hit demand across major Asian hubs

In top consumer China, bullion traded anywhere from a premium of $1.40 to discounts of up to $16 an ounce.

November 28, 2025

SolGold rejects Jiangxi takeover bid amid copper deals frenzy

The copper miner said it was the second takeover approach from Jiangxi Copper in less than a week.

November 28, 2025

China’s top copper smelters to cut output to combat negative processing fees

China’s top copper smelters will cut production by over 10% in 2026 to counter overcapacity.

November 28, 2025

Copper tensions run high with global market at ‘historic point’

Pricing talks were unusually fierce during a major industry gathering in Shanghai this week.

November 28, 2025

Mercuria metals boss says ‘this is the big one’ for copper bulls

Kostas Bintas says copper will soon start ratcheting higher still, as the revival of the lucrative US arbitrage trade fuels shortages elsewhere.

November 27, 2025

Comex copper premium here to stay, LME executive says

The divergence between CME and LME, driven by US tariffs, has drained LME inventories.

November 27, 2025

Japanese copper smelters seek 2026 TC/RCs different from China-set benchmarks

Global smelting capacity is expanding faster than mined supply, led by China, creating a persistent tightness in concentrate that has squeezed smelters' margins.

November 27, 2025

Iron ore price inches higher on softer dollar, weak demand caps gain

Waning demand for lump ores from loss-suffering steelmakers have led to the weak premiums.