Customs officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have backtracked on a decree made just 24 hours earlier and re-approved the export of copper concentrate and cobalt from the country.

The Russian agriculture ministry has revealed details of its new floating tax for agriculture exports that will cover the upcoming...

Import prices for ferrous scrap in Vietnam continued to fall in the week to Friday May 28 due to sentiment weakened by plunging steel prices in China recently.

Japan’s agriculture ministry has booked 124,620 mt of Canadian and US milling wheat for July shipment, brokers said Thursday...

Copper's price is trading at all-time highs - and now the countries where it is mined the most want a piece of the action.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during the morning of Thursday May 27, as were broader markets – are these pauses, or early signs of a stall?

The latest interventionist measure imposed by Argentina’s government, a 30-day export ban on beef to control domestic...

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly positive on the morning of Tuesday May 25, with only SHFE lead showing significant weakness.

Market chatter about China possibly imposing new export taxes for steel as part of commodity price cooling measures has been rampant in the past week, causing traders and market participants to re-think their trading strategies, and overseas buyers to consider a potential supply shortfall.

A handful of recent cargoes of shredded steel scrap have successfully cleared through Chinese ports, raising hopes across the market that China may start to import more of this key material grade in the near future.