Iron Ore Slumps as China Steel Margins Bite
Vale's US shares slide over 4% and CSN Mineração drops nearly 7% as weak Chinese steel mill profitability drags iron...
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Lithium Wrap: LIT ETF Falls 2.13% as China Prices Slide
Lithium proxies fell Monday as Chinese carbonate futures dropped 4.99% and battery-grade prices softened, even after Albemarle settled its Chilean...
September 15, 2026
Copper Slides: Chile, Peru Feel China Rate Risk
Copper futures fell sharply Monday as a surging oil price and near-5% Treasury yields boosted Federal Reserve rate-hike bets, pressuring...
September 15, 2026
Gold & Silver Slip on Dollar, Rate Bets—Mexico, Peru Watch
Gold fell 1.38% to US$4,288 and silver 1.93% on Monday as a stronger dollar and higher real yields outweighed safe-haven...
September 15, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — September 15, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP closed 2,588.25, down 0.06%, while the peso slipped to 3,103.10 per dollar. Read why oil, Fed nerves and...
September 15, 2026
Brazil’s Real Hits 5.17: What the Two-Week Low Means for Your Money
Brazil's real hit a two-week low after Monday's PTAX fixed at 5.1690 per dollar. Why US yields drove the move,...
September 15, 2026
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Your daily briefing for expats and nomads in Latin America: Brazil's real slides to a two-week low at PTAX 5.1690...
September 15, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — September 15, 2026
Argentina's Merval fell 0.46% to 3,084,547 as banking shares slipped, while the peso held steady at 1,508 per dollar in...
September 15, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — September 15, 2026
Chile's S&P IPSA rose 1.09% to 11,342 on September 14, led by SQM and retailers, while the peso weakened to...
September 15, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — September 15, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.46% to 64,217 while Wall Street fell, and the peso weakened to 17.14 per dollar. Read...
September 15, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — September 15, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa stock index fell 0.91% to 185,501 while the real weakened 0.58% to R$5.15 against the dollar. Commodity shares...
September 15, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Latin American markets: the Fed and Brazil's Copom both open two-day meetings, with opposite moves expected Wednesday. Here is the...
September 15, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Ibovespa: Copom bets and July retail sales set the tone for B3 today as traders position ahead of Wednesday's Selic...
September 15, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — September 15, 2026
Global economy: Markets slip as Fed meeting looms. Wall Street eased, Europe was mixed and Brazil’s real softened heading into...
September 15, 2026
Western Cape Storm Warning Puts the Karoo at Level 4
A stalled low is dropping up to 80 millimetres on a semi-desert. Cape Town itself is two warning levels lower,...
September 14, 2026
Ethiopia Rebels Warn Mining Firms After Tulu Kapi Attack
The Oromo Liberation Army told extractive companies in Oromia to consult communities and meet environmental standards, calling both non-negotiable.
September 14, 2026
Algeria’s Economy 2026: Gas Dependence, Deficits and the Slow Turn to Diversification
Algeria's 2026 economy: gas is 92-93% of exports, the current account swings to an US$11.4bn deficit, the budget hits US$135bn...
September 14, 2026
Belgium Sends Semlex to Trial Over Congo Passport Fees
A Brussels court referred the firm and 13 others to criminal trial on 31 August. Civil parties say US$60 of...
September 14, 2026
Libya and Washington Talk Elections, Budget and Oil
Tripoli’s prime minister met the senior US diplomat on 13 September. Behind the meeting sits an east-west accord committing to...
September 14, 2026
Tunisia Moves to Rewrite a Drug Law That Filled Its Prisons
Cases tripled in five years and twelve million Lyrica tablets were seized at one port. Two reform plans are moving...
September 14, 2026