Commodity markets trends: Gold leads Twitter mentions in August 2020
Gold leads as Mining Technology lists the top five terms tweeted in commodity markets in August 2020, based on data…
10 Aug 2020
Covid-19 to reduce global lead production by 5.2% in 2020
Global lead production is expected to decline by 5.2% to 4.5 million tonnes (Mt) in 2020. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in late December 2019 significantly impacted the mining…
28 Jul 2020
Base metals and iron ore producers improve in Q2, whilst coal miners slump
GlobalData’s Covid-19 Mining Company Impact shows how the virus is affecting miners, based on the relative impact of Covid-19 on the countries in which miners are operating and the changes…
28 Jul 2020
Mining Stock Index passes pre-Covid-19 levels
With many commodity prices recovering well and now exceeding pre-Covid-19 levels, mining company share prices have also recovered with some sizeable improvements, not just relative to the lows in mid-March,…
15 Jun 2020
Mines on hold due to Covid-19 drop below 100 as lockdowns end
As mines were permitted to return to operation in Mexico and then Liberia in early June, the number of mines on hold due to COVID-19, and ensuing lockdowns or company…
10 Jun 2020
Australian iron ore production potentially to grow in 2020 despite Cyclone Damian and Covid-19
Australia, which is the world’s leading producer and exporter of iron ore, experienced slower production growth in 2019 of 1.2%, versus 2.8% in 2018, partly due to the effect of…
28 May 2020
Commodity prices stabilising in May after a rollercoaster start to the year
Two months on from severe fluctuations in the prices of many commodities, when COVID-19 cases began to rise exponentially worldwide, commodity prices began to stabilise in May, with a delicate…