Iron ore futures prices fell to a three-week low on Thursday, as supply of the key steelmaking ingredient remained firm amid a weaker steel market outlook, although fresh stimulus measures by top consumer China for its property sector limited the losses.

Zinc surged to a 20-month intraday high as major producer Teck Resources Ltd. lowered output targets following a fire at its Canadian smelter, stoking anxiety about supply after a string of mine disruptions. Three-month futures jumped as much as 4.5% to $3,284 a ton on the London Metal Exchange. Teck said refined zinc production this...

Eramet used available liquidity for the $699 million purchase of Tsingshan’s 49.9% stake, it said. The Centenario project, due to start production in the coming weeks, was attractive despite a drop in lithium prices and full ownership would let Eramet decide how to pursue a planned second production facility, Chair and CEO Christel Bories told...

China’s significant stimulus measures have kicked the prices of key metals higher, and the gains have largely been sustained even amid a debate as to whether Beijing has actually done enough to boost the world’s second-biggest economy.

Geopolitical tensions, uncertainty created by the upcoming US Presidential election and prospective interest rate cuts look set to help power gold prices, already at records above $2,500 an ounce, to even loftier levels.

A strike at mining giant BHP’s huge Escondida mine in Chile entered its third day on Thursday, bolstering global copper prices as an ongoing standoff between the company and workers starts to spread worries about supply of the red metal.

Pilbara Minerals is aiming to significantly increase its lithium production capacity to two million tonnes per annum in the years ahead.

Copper edged down to a two-week low in choppy trading, amid uncertainty over supply and demand in China and weakness in equity markets.

Iron ore futures prices rose for a fourth straight session on Wednesday to their highest level in four weeks, supported by firm near-term demand in top consumer China and lingering expectations of more stimulus in coming weeks.

Peru’s dented mining mojo, hit by years of political turmoil in the Andean country, is being buoyed by strong copper prices and a bullish outlook they will rise further, helping lure back investor interest, the country’s mining minister said on Friday.