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Prices of sulphuric acid used to process metals such as copper and nickel are expected to extend their decline next year, consultancy CRU said on Tuesday. Sulphuric acid delivered to top copper... 

The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, industry executives said at a forum in London this week, making the market more fragile and putting upward... 

More than 6 500 people in Madagascar have filed a claim in London's High Court against Rio Tinto, alleging contamination from the mining group's mineral sands operation exposed them to dangerous... 

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) will defend itself in London's High Court from October 7 against a claim that it owed a duty of care to two Tanzanian artisanal miners allegedly killed... 

Hong Kong’s plan to build a global gold hub will provide “an entry point” for trading other commodities and expanding the yuan’s usage on world markets, according to its first-ever five year plan.... 

Prices of zinc in London hit their highest in more than four years on Friday as the accumulation of stocks in China, the world's biggest metals consumer, drove concerns about shortages elsewhere,... 

Global oil supply will fall by 4.3-million barrels per day (bpd), or around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in the Middle East disrupt... 

Glencore's exposure to Radiant World, a company with which the London-listed miner and trader has stopped doing new business, amounts to more than half-a-billion dollars, two sources familiar with... 

Commodity trader Glencore plans to withdraw 30 000 tons of lead from London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses, two industry sources said, after inventories of the battery metal ballooned to record... 

Citi has become the fifth bank to clear transactions in London's over-the-counter gold market, the world's largest bullion trading centre, in a major expansion of its precious metals business, the... 

Johannesburg- and London-listed gemstone miner Gemfields has informed shareholders that Sean Gilbertson will, by mutual agreement with the board, step down as CEO and as a director of the company... 

The strong ongoing investment demand for platinum is broadening to the minor platinum group metals (PGMs) such as ruthenium and iridium, SFA (Oxford) CEO Henk de Hoop pointed out on Wednesday June... 

Barrick Mining, one of the world's leading gold miners, is weighing a possible London listing for its African business, with a potential all-share transaction with UK-listed Endeavour Mining seen... 

The Soweto Cluster definitive feasibility study (DFS) is on track for completion this month, Pan African Resources reported on Monday, June 1 in an operational update ahead of its financial year... 

The risk of a protracted US-Iran conflict, the accelerating regionalisation of PGM markets, alongside the launch of platinum and palladium futures on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, represents... 

Central bank demand for gold has been stronger than previously estimated and is likely to pick up again into 2026, Goldman Sachs said on Friday, after revising its model to account for gaps in... 

Emerald mining company Kagem Mining, which is a subsidiary of Johannesburg- and London-listed Gemfields, has donated cutting and polishing equipment to the Gemstone Processing and Lapidary Training... 

Aluminium prices are expected to be above $4 000 per metric ton between the third quarter of 2026 and the second quarter of 2027 due to a market deficit caused mainly by the Iran war, an analyst... 

The traditional global rules-based order is actively being reshaped, with arbitration being pulled into the front lines, and over time, geopolitics, not just the rule of law, determining how...