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
Rio Tinto takes GFG Alliance to arbitration over outstanding smelter payments Rio sold the Dunkerque aluminium smelter in France to GFG for $500 million last year. Reuters | September 2, 2019 | 10:20 am
