London Metal Exchange

Chinese aluminium producers are pushing abroad as part of an expansion spree that could tip the world market for the metal into surplus even as the wave of investment faces greater scrutiny from... 

The London Metal Exchange's (LME's) new hot-rolled coil steel contract, the first product to come out of its collaboration with the Shanghai Futures Exchange, began trading on Tuesday. It is the... 

Australia-listed Nickel Industries says nickel producers in the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), a key production base for the metal, will coordinate on output cuts as Chinese operators... 

Diversified mining company Anglo American on Tuesday, October 20, reported 5% lower copper production, 4% lower iron-ore production, and 11% lower diamond production for the three months to... 

In 1899, the Mt Lyell mine in Tasmania produced some 9 500 metric tons of copper. That made it the largest copper mine in the British Empire, though small by today's standards. In September,... 

Iranian missile attacks on Gulf smelters and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz have knocked out almost 3-million metric tons of aluminium production capacity. Yet, eight months on, the market is... 

Aim-listed ZCCM Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has given its shareholder approval for a new $498-million new tailings leach plant (TLP) at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), in Zambia, in which ZCCM-IH... 

China has historically been a significant net importer of refined zinc, but that looks set to change this year. Exports surged to 40 668 tons in August, the second-highest monthly tally in almost... 

The market for the raw material needed to produce aluminium is both huge and highly opaque despite the best efforts of both exchanges and price reporting agencies. The London Metal Exchange (LME)... 

Despite strong copper prices, growing investment demands are offsetting much of the gains posted by mining companies in Chile, Moody's said in a report on Thursday. Chile, the world's largest... 

Indonesia is learning that building a dominant position in the nickel market is the easy part. Leveraging its influence over supply to control prices is proving much trickier. The Southeast Asian... 

Smelters at a major Indonesian nickel-processing hub will be forced to cut output as an El Niño-driven drought reduces the supply of water used to cool and protect equipment, according to people... 

Australian gold production continues to average 300 t/y, or nine-million ounces a year, says consultancy Surbiton Associates. The firm finds that gold production in the region totalled 303 t, or... 

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.... 

BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, has revised its yearly average tin price forecast for this year to $51 000/t, from $49 000/t previously, as prices remain high since the start of the surge in AI... 

The steep premium paid for aluminium in the US will not drop significantly even if Washington halves the tariffs on metal from neighboring Canada, because imports from other countries will still be... 

LONDON - The premium paid to ship copper to the US fell sharply on Thursday after Reuters reported that Washington's plans to impose a tariff on imports of the metal had stalled. With copper... 

China's aluminium smelters have been running red hot this year. The Shanghai aluminium price is nudging three-month highs, raw material costs are historically low and margins are strong. Every... 

Copper prices could break through $15 000 for the first time as soon as this week, analysts said on Tuesday, as investors position for another round of US economic data and President Donald Trump...