The project with Singapore-based Rigqueza International will produce 30,000 tonnes of nickel matte a year, CNGR said.

This year seasonal factors have limited output of renewables, including hydro electricity, which are weather dependent, helping coal's share to rebound.

Company is not building or investing in a previously planned project to make refined copper from scrap in eastern Malaysia, chairman Zheng Gaoqing said.

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise in a bid to curtail the military junta's ability to generate revenues.

Zinc miners have struggled to recover from disruptions caused by covid-19, causing extreme tightness in the concentrates market.

Higher imports by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could support benchmark gold prices, which have corrected nearly 17% from an all-time high of $2,072 in August.

Coal plants located close to populated cities will now have to meet the standards by December 2022.

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