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Iron ore price below $100 on China steel curbs

Steel prices also stretched losses after several big Chinese cities, including Shenzhen and Dalian, escalated covid-19 restrictions.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 30, 2022 | 9:16 am

China’s Sichuan, Chongqing resume power supply to industry

Tianqi Lithium said its factory in Sichuan's Shehong city resumed…

Reuters | August 30, 2022 | 8:45 am

China-linked bots attacking rare earths producer ‘every day’

Fake social media accounts linked to the Chinese Communist Party…

Bloomberg News | August 29, 2022 | 8:01 am

Column: China steel sector turning the corner as demand, margins improve

Steel mills have been signaling that production is likely to…

Reuters | August 29, 2022 | 7:47 am

China needs to review EV battery emissions, CATL founder says

China is one of the world’s major vehicle-battery production centers…

Bloomberg News | August 28, 2022 | 7:53 am

Investors flock back to lithium as battery bust turns to boom

Investors are betting big on a lithium comeback less than three years after prices of the metal used in rechargeable batteries collapsed.

Bloomberg News | March 19, 2021 | 12:04 pm

Home: Aluminum rattled by signs of “green” disruption in China

Shanghai aluminum prices have this week powered to their highest level since August 2011.

Reuters | March 19, 2021 | 9:58 am

Supply squeeze drags copper treatment charges below $20 a tonne

Extremely tight copper mine supply has pushed spot treatment charges for concentrate to their lowest in more than a decade.

Reuters | March 19, 2021 | 8:16 am

China steelmakers expect strong Q2 demand, drop in iron ore prices

Executives expect the April-June period to see a sharp ramp-up in activity in China.

Reuters | March 19, 2021 | 8:08 am

Global nickel surplus shrinks in January

The global nickel market surplus shrank to 8,400 tonnes in January from a revised surplus of 14,700 tonnes in the previous month.

Reuters | March 19, 2021 | 8:03 am

Zijin posts record annual profit as gold, copper prices surge

Company profits rose 51.9% year-on-year in 2020, setting an annual record high.

Reuters | March 19, 2021 | 7:45 am

Securing raw materials key to China’s economic, carbon neutrality goals – report

A report by Wood Mackenzie states that China needs to secure a competitive supply of raw materials to guarantee its clean growth.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 19, 2021 | 6:11 am

Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown

A project for a dedicated iron ore port with a capacity of up to 560 million tonnes per year is advancing in the north of Brazil.

Bruno Venditti | March 18, 2021 | 2:21 pm

China backing autocratic regimes to secure resources — report

Autocratic regimes represent for Beijing greater supply stability than democracies that are, or may become, hostile to China, Verisk Maplecroft says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 17, 2021 | 5:01 pm

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