Steel and base metals express divergent views on China — opinion

Industrial metals have fallen into two very distinct camps over the course of 2019.

Jackson Chen | September 18, 2019 | 10:34 am

China’s August zinc output at highest since December 2017 — stats bureau

Also, China's August alumina output rose 3.5% year-on-year to 6.04 million tonnes.

Reuters | September 17, 2019 | 11:03 am

MIT engineers ‘hide’ $2m-diamond under world’s blackest black material

LJ West Diamonds gave them a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond to experiment with.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 16, 2019 | 6:15 am

Sliding Japan premium confirms aluminium’s demand problem — opinion

A sharp fall in Japanese physical premiums for Q4 shipments is the latest sign that aluminium is not immune from the demand weakness that is sapping the industrial metals complex.

Reuters | September 13, 2019 | 8:45 am

Canadian economy won’t feel impact of battery metal mining

A new study says global battery metals consumption will rise six-fold by the mid 2020s but impact in Canada will be minimal.

Frik Els | September 12, 2019 | 4:17 pm

China’s copper imports, aluminium exports fall in August as slowdown bites

China's unwrought copper imports fell in August after a bounce in the previous month.

Reuters | September 8, 2019 | 6:54 am

Malaysia firms up bauxite mining, export operating procedures

The new operating procedures include capping monthly bauxite exports at 600,000 tonnes.

Reuters | September 4, 2019 | 9:41 pm

US sues to stop Novelis purchase of Aleris

The proposed $2.6 billion purchase would combine two of the four major North American producers of aluminum to make automobile bodies.

Reuters | September 4, 2019 | 3:37 pm

Global wind turbine fleet to consume over 5.5Mt of copper by 2028 — report

But further developments in aluminium technology could lead to increased substitution of copper in cabling.

MINING.com Editor | September 2, 2019 | 2:43 pm

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