Iron ore price slides as rising stocks, weak steel margins blur demand outlookIron ore inventory at major Chinese ports surveyed rose 4% during Lunar New Year holiday.Reuters | February 19, 2024 | 8:02 am
Hastings Technology inks offtake deal with Chinese rare earths producerHastings, which is backed by Andrew Forrest, will supply a…Reuters | February 16, 2024 | 10:10 am
EU, US to align global minerals push against China’s supply gripThe aim is to combine the EU’s high-level policy approach…Bloomberg News | February 9, 2024 | 2:04 pm
Chinalco expects to start Peru copper mine expansion no later than end-June Construction should start on its delayed $1.3 billion expansion project at the Toromocho copper mine in southern Peru in the next 30 days. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 12:57 pm
Column: Aluminum is the West’s critical minerals blind spot Western European primary aluminum production has been sliding since 2017. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 9:32 am
China buys more Australian coal as appetite for quality builds Australian cargoes in April of mostly thermal coal for power plants surged 75% from the prior month. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 8:19 am
Russia raises aluminum exports to China to near record levels as sanctions bite Russian sales of refined aluminum to China nearly trebled in April from the previous year. Bloomberg News | May 22, 2023 | 9:37 am
Missing recovery leaves China’s metals bears in charge The first gathering of the Asian metals community since the pandemic should have been a celebration, but the resurgence never came. Bloomberg News | May 21, 2023 | 8:52 pm
Congo President heads to China amid mining contract negotiations Felix Tshisekedi will visit China next week as the two nations look to conclude the re-negotiation of a $6.2 billion mineral-for-infrastructure deal. Bloomberg News | May 19, 2023 | 2:21 pm
Wall Street Journal sees a debt-ceiling copper glow up A look at the esteemed financial paper’s case for calling copper the next big bull market. Frik Els | May 19, 2023 | 12:12 pm
Copper price rebounds on optimism over US debt talks Wider financial markets marched higher after Democratic negotiators told President Joe Biden on Friday that they are making "steady progress" in talks with Republicans. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 19, 2023 | 10:24 am
Column: Lithium slump puts China’s spot price under the spotlight High-flying lithium has come crashing back to earth. Reuters | May 19, 2023 | 8:40 am