January 15, 2021 Sibanye makes another bold call on platinum price The world’s No. 1 platinum miner said the price of the metal could climb more than 80% over the next four to five years as the global economy recovers and…
January 15, 2021 Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama Native communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may be depleting scarce freshwater and lithium-rich brine, reducing its availability for people and wildlife.
January 14, 2021 Native Americans say US does not own land it is about to give to Rio Tinto Members of Arizona's San Carlos Apache tribe filed a property lien in an attempt to regain control over land that the US government is poised to give to the miner…
January 14, 2021 India gold demand set to climb as buyers unleash pent-up demand Demand in India, which trails only China, slumped in 2020 as the pandemic restricted movement and hit logistics.
January 14, 2021 Codelco to ratchet up precautionary measures as covid-19 cases rise The measures, which include a reduction in personnel, come several months after the miner had resumed normal operations.
January 14, 2021 Mapped: the world’s largest state-owned oil companies National companies control approximately three-quarters of the Earth’s oil reserves.
January 14, 2021 China’s 2020 copper imports hit record high Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.
January 14, 2021 China’s commodity imports saved 2020, this year may be different China’s massive buying spree appears to be ending, and import demand may be returning to what could be viewed as more “normal” levels.
January 14, 2021 LME’s twilight zone absorbs stocks build The amount of aluminum sitting in this LME twilight zone grew by 829,000 tonnes between February and November.
January 14, 2021 Barrick quarterly output gets boost from Dominican Republic mine Output at the Pueblo Viejo gold mine rose 23% to 159,000 ounces of gold.
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