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Via Metal Miner Chinese geologists recently discovered two new minerals – oboniobite and scandio-fluoro-eckermannite – at Inner Mongolia’s Bayan Obo, the world’s largest rare…
Via Metal Miner By now, the world knows that although the current global copper reserves are sufficient to meet demand, extraction continues to lag…
It seems all the fears expressed by Indian steelmakers (and policymakers) are coming true. There just seems to be no stopping the flood of cheap…
Via Metal Miner The Renewable MMI (Monthly Metals Index) slowed in terms of bearish price action, moving sideways and dropping 2.66%. Meanwhile, cobalt prices suffered…
Via Metal Miner The Global Precious Metals MMI (Monthly Metals Index) held its four-month long sideways trend month-over-month. All in all, the index narrowly missed…
Via Metal Miner According to an official with the country’s new government, an additional £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) will be made available for the…
Via Metal Miner Overall, the Aluminum Monthly Metals Index (MMI) retraced, with a 4.67% decline from June to July. Aluminum prices continued to decline before…
Via Metal Miner The Construction MMI (Monthly Metals Index) held true to its year-long sideways trend, only budging down 1.07%. While base metals prices in…
Via Metal Miner The Raw Steels Monthly Metals Index (MMI) fell 4.5% from June to July. Although the pace of declines appeared to slow from…
Via Metal Miner Month over month, the Automotive MMI (Monthly Metals Index) failed to break very far outside of its year-long sideways trend. All in…
Via Metal Miner Zimbabwe’s got itself a brand new iron and steel manufacturing plant, courtesy of the Chinese. This U.S. $1.5 billion Chinese-built plant’s blast…
Via Metal Miner Overall, the Copper Monthly Metals Index (MMI) fell 6.66% from June to July. Following a nearly 5% decline throughout June, copper prices…
Via Metal Miner The Rare Earths MMI (Monthly Metals Index) took a steep dive in price action after a month of relative stability, dropping 14.4%.…
Via Metal Miner Overall, the Stainless Monthly Metals Index (MMI) reversed to the downside, with a 10.88% drop from June to July. Nickel prices experienced…
Via Metal Miner Clearly, China’s economy is not yet back on the recovery track, as evidenced by the mixed bag of data for May released on Monday.…
Via Metal Miner Liberty Steel Ostrava, a steel manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic, recently entered an insolvency process. This comes after its parent…
Via Metal Miner With a new government in place following the recent general elections, Indian steel manufacturing firms are again clamoring for the imposition of more…
Via Metal Miner Sources said that steel manufacturing entities in northern Europe are unlikely to seek price increases on hot rolled coil until July, despite…
Via Metal Miner Overall, June 2024 financial market conditions showcased significant market stabilization for the global economy. The World Bank’s projection of a 2.6%…
Via Metal Miner Australian mining multinational BHP recently abandoned its bid for London- and Johannesburg listed Anglo American after the target company rejected the…