Copper price soars to 7-month high on Chinese plans to cut outputChina's biggest copper smelters have agreed to a symbolic cut in loss-making production, without specifying volumes and timing.Reuters | March 10, 2024 | 9:22 am
Column: Booming CME contract a sign of aluminum’s Atlantic driftActivity on the CME's aluminum contract has shifted up several gears…Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 9:32 am
Copper fees plunge close to zero in test for China’s smeltersChina’s copper smelters are at a critical juncture after fees…Bloomberg News | March 8, 2024 | 7:53 am
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
Half of the coal-fired power plants announced worldwide unlikely to be built — study A study by Mercator found that 50% of the coal-fired power plants that were planned to come online in the next few years will fail to do so. Staff Writer | May 19, 2023 | 6:34 am