Column: Electric vehicles prove a bumpy ride for battery metalsExplosive price rallies in 2021 and 2022 resulted in too much new production capacity being brought online too quickly.Reuters | October 22, 2024 | 9:30 am
Column: China iron ore imports head for record even as steel output slipsChina is likely to import as much as 120 million…Reuters | October 22, 2024 | 7:25 am
Iron ore price retreats as mounting concerns on weakening steel demand weighIt fell below the key psychological level of $100 a…Reuters | October 22, 2024 | 1:26 am
Sinomine decries tough Zimbabwe conditions amid lithium price slump Africa's top producer of lithium has attracted over $1 billion investment from Sinomine and its Chinese peers. Reuters | October 1, 2024 | 9:02 am
Firms substituting cheaper aluminum for copper, trend growing Currently, the price of copper is 3.8 times that of aluminum. Reuters | October 1, 2024 | 6:43 am
Column: Study Group has a sobering message for copper bulls There's no shortage of copper, according to the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), which has just updated its supply and demand forecasts. Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 10:21 am
Sinomine says it will build lithium sulfate plant in Zimbabwe The company's Zimbabwean unit plans to build a $500 million lithium refinery in the next 3-5 years, even as the company currently loses money. Bloomberg News | September 30, 2024 | 10:01 am
China coal hub could lead its energy transition, researchers say Inner Mongolia already has 88 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity, with another 170 gigawatts in the pipeline. Bloomberg News | September 30, 2024 | 9:57 am
Iron ore futures surge to nearly 3-month high on China’s fresh property stimulus China's central bank on Sunday said it would tell banks to lower mortgage rates for existing home loans before Oct. 31. Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 7:57 am
Tsingshan cuts Indonesian nickel output due to tight ore supplies Delays to issuing quotas has slowed the rapid expansion of nickel production in the world's top producer of the metal. Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 7:39 am
Elevated alumina prices to feed on China aluminum producer profits China's aluminum producers have made rising profits due to elevated prices of the metal. Reuters | September 30, 2024 | 7:35 am
Mining industry struggles with valuation gap amid shift to copper Big diversified miners are watching rival copper producers gradually grow beyond their reach. Reuters | September 27, 2024 | 7:28 am