5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (586+ words) Anthony Milewski is the founder of The Oregon Group and an influential figure in the mining, metals and energy industries. For executives and investors who still think about commodities primarily through a supply-and-demand lens, the risk exposure you're carrying may…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (412+ words) The global data center building boom coupled with war in the Middle East has boosted demand for copper and aluminum and helped big miner Rio Tinto lift its June half-year profit by 43% to $6.85 billion. The Anglo Australian company reported earlier…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) Australia’s awkward relationship with China took a turn for worse earlier today when the country’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers removed the voting rights of three Chinese investors in an Australian rare earth mining company. The unprecedented action is the latest and…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (671+ words) Forty-five minutes north of David (pronounced dah-VEED), Panama’s third-largest city, a few miles east of the mountain town of Boquete, is a bright green sign for a narrow two-lane road called Calle Raideep Lal that leads to the highest golf…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) "From outside, people will definitely be thinking that the company is crazy," said Juliet Ye. "Who are they? They're making this bold move, and they do not know anyone in this industry." She was talking about the day a Chinese…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) Copper, which is selling for a near-record of more than $6 a pound, is being priced out of some markets forcing a switch by some manufacturers to aluminum. Not all applications are suitable for a direct switch, but the price gap,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) Australia’s gold sector is poised for a fresh burst of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity after a bidding duel effectively cleared the way for the creation of the country’s third biggest gold producer valued at around $8.5 billion. The burst of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (536+ words) Hot on the heels of an oil supply squeeze China could soon be hit with a third disruption to deliveries of an important industrial commodity. A labor dispute is threatening the export of Australian iron ore; an essential raw material…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (363+ words) That small number tells a bigger story, and it is not the one most people expect to hear about gold and artificial intelligence. So either gold has nothing to do with AI, or something stranger is going on under that…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (497+ words) Indonesia’s nickel boom is fading but the Chinese technology which made it possible could soon start a similar surge of overproduction of the battery metal in Africa. A flood of Indonesian nickel has been the prime cause of a collapse…...