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The future is copper: insights into the metal’s pivotal role in global growth and sustainability

The metal is poised not just as a material of historical significance but as a pivotal element in driving forward the next phase of economic and technological progress.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | February 5, 2024 | 4:07 pm

China’s copper plants consider cuts after years of breakneck growth

Stung by disappearing profits, the country’s top industry body last…

Bloomberg News | February 5, 2024 | 9:56 am

Rare earths prices seen rebounding in second half of 2024 – analysts

Prices surged to their highest in a decade in 2022…

Reuters | February 5, 2024 | 6:57 am

From green hype to bailouts, the nickel industry has imploded

The nickel market has been thrown into chaos after a…

Bloomberg News | February 3, 2024 | 4:20 pm

Copper-infused innovation helps convert CO2 into ethylene

A new energy-efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction system converts CO2 into…

Staff Writer | February 2, 2024 | 6:06 am

Copper price at six month low on weak China inflation data

China’s consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than two years in April.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 11, 2023 | 8:47 am

China’s weak industrial recovery is weighing on coal consumption

Key industrial users of the fuel including steel mills and cement plants are demanding more discounts on coal purchases to help cover losses.

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2023 | 8:23 am

Iron ore price rises on renewed hopes of China demand recovery

Mysteel reported that six steel mills in North China's Shanxi province will resume production in the coming two weeks amid improved margins.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 10, 2023 | 9:38 am

Column: Copper’s anticipated supply surplus is proving elusive

Copper usage appears to be growing faster than previously forecasted, while mine supply is yet again failing to live up to expectations.

Reuters | May 10, 2023 | 8:36 am

Australia exports first copper to China since 2020, industry hopes end to ban near

Official trade data shows exports worth A$60.5 million ($41.04 million) of copper ore and concentrate to China in January.

Reuters | May 10, 2023 | 5:00 am

Iron ore price up on China stimulus bets

China's imports of iron ore rose 5.1% in April from the same period the previous year.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 9, 2023 | 9:24 am

China April copper imports fall on sluggish economy, property woes

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products totaled 407,294 tonnes in April.

Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 8:31 am

China’s halts 32 coal mines in northwest, suspends expansion plans

Measures follow an accident in late February at an open-pit coal mine that killed at least five and left 48 people missing.

Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 4:10 am

Ottawa clamps down on China’s critical-minerals foray, but not prospecting

One of Canada’s most successful mining prospectors finds a good chunk of his claims hemmed in on all sides by China Metallurgical Exploration Corp.

Niall McGee - The Globe and Mail Mining Reporter | May 8, 2023 | 11:18 am

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