Asia


Moody’s slashes growth forecasts

In November, Moody’s Investors Service forecast G-20 economies in 2020 would grow by 2.6%, but now estimates real GDP will contract by 0.5%, followed by a pick-up to 3.2% in…


Mask-wearing people in February 2020 sitting at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade in Hong Kong amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Credit: Matt Leung/iStock.

Editorial: Asia shows the way

When I landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on March 20 aboard an Air Canada ‘repatriation’ flight from Mexico, none of us were checked to see if we had a…




Mask-wearing people in February 2020 sitting at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade in Hong Kong amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Credit: Matt Leung/iStock.

Coronavirus impacts base metals market

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to spread, with figures from the World Health Organization putting the number of infected people in China at 77,262 and the number of deaths in…


Tesla announcement surprises cobalt, nickel bulls

Cobalt bulls were dealt another blow this week after reports that the world’s largest electric carmaker is shifting some production of its most popular model away from batteries that contain…






Iron ore pellets. Credit: Siemens.

Iron price falls on coronavirus

Benchmark iron ore prices fell on Jan. 29 as China — responsible for more than 70% of the world’s seaborne iron ore trade — struggles to control the deadly coronavirus…


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