October 22, 2021 Commodity boom at risk as supporting factors fade, Fitch says The pace of global industrial production growth is falling “quite swiftly” after an impressive spike in demand for durable goods during lockdowns.
October 22, 2021 Vale resumes operations at Salobo copper mine It expects to ramp up its copper concentrate output in Salobo by Oct. 25.
October 22, 2021 Gold miners’ Q3 2021 preview Great Q3 reports could act as catalysts spurring big buying, accelerating gold stocks’ blistering mean-reversion rally higher.
October 22, 2021 Apple’s talks with Chinese battery makers mostly stalled CATL and BYD informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements.
October 22, 2021 Polish miners throng Luxembourg streets in pit halt protests A group of about 2,000 Polish miners has traveled to Luxembourg to protest against the decision of the European Court of Justice to halt production at their lignite mine.
October 22, 2021 The coming electric car disruption that nobody’s talking about Millions of workers at repair shops, gas stations, oil fields and farms could find their jobs affected by an economic dislocation of historic proportions.
October 22, 2021 China coal prices notch worst week since May on govt intervention China has been pushing coal miners to ramp up output and hiking imports so power stations can rebuild stockpiles before winter.
October 22, 2021 London Metal Exchange has to restrain disorderly copper The London copper contract has been sucked into a stocks vacuum after the amount of available metal in warehouse system sank to the lowest since 1974, writes Andy Home.
October 22, 2021 Indonesia to miss 2021 coal output target, minister official says Heavy rains are slowing mine and port operations in the world's biggest exporter of coal used for power generation.
October 22, 2021 Boliden profit misses forecasts hit by production disruptions Boliden said costs had increased due to major planned maintenance shutdowns, higher energy prices and wage inflation.
Column: As global metals fever spreads, markets buckle under the heat China's metal exchanges have for two months been struggling to contain the unprecedented liquidity rush caused by the spreading metals mania. February 07, 2026 | 05:27 am