The US Department of Defense plans to develop a program to estimate prices and predict supplies of nickel, cobalt and other critical minerals.

Chinese rules and regulations alongside resistance from competitor Shanghai Futures Exchange have frustrated LME's attempts to expand its network to China.

The operations authorized in the license had been issued in October alongside others on oil and gas production.

Iron ore is having a strong start to the year, with rising prices and robust imports by China.

The miner sold two tranches of debt worth a total of $2 billion last week at 230 basis points and 235 points above US Treasuries.

A $840-million coking plant in the steel town of Magnitogorsk is being built by a Chinese engineering giant and hundreds of Chinese workers.

Sinohydro Corp and China Railway Group will invest up to $7 billion in infrastructure projects as part of an agreement over their Sicomines copper and cobalt JV in the DRC.

A review of current developments in the global lithium industry from Jan. 19 to 26.