The longer I spend looking at commodity markets, the more I wonder how many people actually understand what makes them behave as they do (and for the avoidance of doubt, I include myself in that non-comprehending majority).

Bauxite exports from Brazil’s Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) have significantly shifted to China since 2014, amid a strong demand from the Asian country and lower alumina refinery capacity in the USA.

Charlotte Radford takes a look at just some of the news stories and price moves covered by Metal Bulletin reporters over the past five days.

We believe that the copper concentrate market has reached a turning point from a decade of structural undersupply to a new era characterised by more plentiful availability.

After another busy week, Charlotte Radford takes a look at some of the key price moves and news stories from the past seven days.

Hotline takes a look back at the jaw-dropping moments of 2014.

Long-expected mine stoppages have finally come to the US coking coal industry, as tumbling prices for the steelmaking raw material drive the balance sheets of many mines into loss.

Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the past week.

It’s the carry, stupid. Although Goldman Sachs was a lot more polite when explaining why it believes long queues to access metal stored in warehouses developed.

Charlotte Radford takes a look at the past five days of metals market news, highlighting some of the key stories covered by Metal Bulletin.