I kēia hapaha, ua hāʻule nā ​​kumukūʻai kumu metala i ka pōʻino loa mai ka 2008 pilikia kālā o ka honua. I ka hopena o Malaki, ua hāʻule ke kumukūʻai LME index e 23%. Ma waena o lākou, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana, hāʻule i ka 38%, hāʻule nā ​​kumukūʻai alumini ma kahi o kahi hapakolu, a hāʻule nā ​​kumukūʻai keleawe ma kahi o ka hapalima. ʻO kēia ka manawa mua mai Covid-19 i hāʻule nā ​​kumukūʻai metala āpau i ka hapaha.

Ua hoʻomāmā ʻia ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ahulau o Kina i Iune; akā naʻe, ua holo mālie ka hana ʻoihana, a ua hoʻomau ka mākeke hoʻopukapuka nāwaliwali e hōʻemi i ka koi metala. Loaʻa iā Kina ka pilikia o ka piʻi ʻana o ka mana i kēlā me kēia manawa ke piʻi hou ka nui o nā hihia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.

Ua hāʻule ka papa kuhikuhi hana ʻenehana o Iapana e 7.2% i Mei ma muli o nā hopena kīkēkē o ka laka o Kina. Ua hōʻemi nā pilikia kaulahao i ka noi mai ka ʻoihana kaʻa, e koi ana i nā mea waiwai metala ma nā awa nui i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.

I ka manawa like, ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka recession i ka US a me nā ʻoihana honua i ka mākeke. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Federal Reserve ʻo Jerome Powell a me nā mea waihona kālā ʻē aʻe i ka hālāwai makahiki o ka European Central Bank ma Pokukala e neʻe ana ka honua i kahi aupuni kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā ʻoihana waiwai nui ke hele nei i kahi lohi o ka hoʻokele waiwai e hiki ke hōʻemi i ka hana kūkulu.