commodity markets

Global gold prices climbed sharply to their highest level in over a month as intensifying conflict in the Middle East drove investors toward safe-haven assets, underlining growing economic uncertainty linked to the ongoing war. Spot gold…

Investors are increasingly turning to gold as a safe haven following heightened geopolitical tensions after the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Iran. The developments have triggered renewed uncertainty across global…

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached a landmark agreement allowing its state mining company Gécamines to directly market copper output from one of the country’s largest mining operations controlled by Glencore Plc. Under the…

Chinese copper smelters are reaping unexpected profits from sulphuric acid sales as traditional treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for copper processing collapse, analysts say. A significant surge in sulphuric acid prices — driven in…