NZ: May 2026 Financial Stability Report media conference

The International Copper Study Group revised the 2025 surplus to 455,000 tonnes, more than double the 178,000 tonnes implied by its October 2025 forecast, and projects a ...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (May 5) that the US operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, dubbed "Project Freedom", will be paused for a short period to see whether ...

Federal labor market data issued Tuesday suggests the frozen U.S. job market may be starting to thaw — but the economic fallout from the Iran war threatens to stall that momentum, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening that he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the ...

The concern comes as tightness is already visible at the upstream end of the copper supply chain. Spot copper concentrate availability has remained limited, pushing treatment and ...