The relentless climb in China's port inventories of iron ore may not be as worrying to the market as they appear, more a reflection of a change in dynamics than anything else.

China's state planner said on Tuesday it has given approval for a coal mine to be built in Inner Mongolia.

Sean Donnelly, CEO of the company, added that the Canadian government must put resources in place to ensure that cheap steel is not diverted to Canada.

Eurochem expects to produce a total 500,000-600,000 tonnes of potash in 2018.

Chile development agency Corfo has asked antitrust regulators to block the sale of a 32 percent stake in Chilean lithium company SQM to a Chinese firm on the grounds it would give it an unfair advantage in the global race to secure resources to develop electric vehicles.

The cap, which was set at $70 per tonne for two years for coal with a calorific value of 6,322 kilocalories, will now apply from March 12, revised from Jan. 1, 2018 previously.

“We are ready to take action whenever action is required ... we had your backs last week and we always will,” Trudeau said after visiting a Rio Tinto smelter in Quebec.

JSW said on Monday its 2017 net profit jumped to 2.54 billion zlotys ($745.31 million) from 6.7 million zlotys a year earlier.

Anglo said there was leakage of a mixture of iron ore and water to a local watershed.

Serbia has tried and failed three times since 2007 to sell the debt-laden mining complex.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe must be ready to respond to the unilateral imposition of trade tariffs by the United States but she first hoped for talks on the issue.

Elizabeth Warren stopped short of endorsing Trump's decision to launch steep tariffs on steel and aluminum.