Country's aluminum production rose 4.9% from the prior year to a record 37.08 million tonnes as smelters cashed in on soaring prices.

China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.

The amount of aluminum sitting in this LME twilight zone grew by 829,000 tonnes between February and November.

Mega-projects that employed over 12,000 in the Province in 2020 to scale back to less than 1,500.

The Finnish company reached a deal with France’s REEL International.

Shares of the country’s oldest steel mill have climbed more than 70% since Oct. 1, clocking its best performance in more than 11 years.