China Jan-May gold output at 132 T, up 3.67 pct

The JV experienced a build in lithium hydroxide inventory at Kwinana over recent months.

China's steel consumption in 2024 and 2025 is forecast at 863 million metric tons and 850 million tons, respectively.

A bigger clampdown looks set to have far-reaching ramifications for supply chains feeding American defense and chip-making industries.

In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban forms of metals mining.