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Iron ore price rises as Chinese steel mills ramp up output

China's move to support its economy, including funding support for infrastructure projects, also boosted sentiment.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 25, 2022 | 8:33 am

Aluminum price climbs on supply snags, but grim demand outlook weighs

Around 1 million tonnes of aluminum capacity has been taken offline in Europe.

Reuters | August 24, 2022 | 8:27 am

Iron ore price rises as China cuts lending benchmarks

China’s property market crisis is testing whether central bank Governor Yi Gang can stick to his stimulus-lite strategy.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 23, 2022 | 9:57 am

Two charts show copper price drop may have been overdone

Copper is China's only growing commodity import in 2022 as the country’s inventories drop 60% in a year and worldwide stocks decline to just 3.5 days consumption.

Frik Els | August 23, 2022 | 9:50 am

CATL profit surges as battery giant moves on from tough quarter

CATL’s Shenzhen-listed shares have gained about 50% since a low in May as the company ramps up global capacity.

Bloomberg News | August 23, 2022 | 9:02 am

China lithium prices near record as power cuts squeeze market

Sichuan, home to more than a fifth of China’s lithium production, extended industrial power cuts this week.

Bloomberg News | August 23, 2022 | 8:54 am

Electric car battery bottlenecks have a way of being worked out

Amid all the excitement about battery metal demand, prices for cobalt have plunged 40% from their highs earlier this year.

Bloomberg News | August 23, 2022 | 8:42 am

Copper price down on manufacturing slowdown in China

Also weighing on industrial metals are aggressive increases in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 22, 2022 | 10:35 am

China boosts spending on Russian energy to $35 billion since war

Purchases of crude, oil products, gas and coal rose to $35 billion since the war in Ukraine began, from about $20 billion a year earlier.

Bloomberg News | August 22, 2022 | 8:26 am

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