Iron ore price down on China steel output curbs

China will have to cut steel output by more than 50 million tonnes in the final six months of 2021 to meet its carbon emissions targets.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 2, 2021 | 6:53 am

China’s first exchange-traded lithium contract to launch on July 5

China's Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange said trading in its new lithium contract would begin next week.

Reuters | July 2, 2021 | 5:27 am

Antofagasta secures copper supply deals with China smelters

The Chilean miner and China Copper, Jiangxi Copper, Tongling Nonferrous and Jinchuan Group are said to have reached early deals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2021 | 3:57 am

Commodity traders make billions as oil, copper, battery metals prices rise

For the first time since the pre-crisis years before 2008, the commodities boom means central banks are fretting about inflation.

Bloomberg News | July 1, 2021 | 2:22 pm

Strong gold and copper growth forecasts as covid disruptions subside – report

Global gold mine production will grow at the fastest rate in three years in 2021.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 11:46 am

Dalian iron ore price set for seventh straight quarterly gain

China is pausing industrial activity to clear air pollution ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebration later this week.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 9:26 am

Copper price set for smallest quarterly gain since March 2020

China curbs and expectations of sooner-than-anticipated policy tightening in the United States have pressured prices.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 7:42 am

More than 100 coal mines in China halt operations for centennial

In Shanxi, the country’s biggest coal producing province, 128 of the fossil fuel mines accounting for nearly a quarter of the region’s capacity have suspended operation.

Bloomberg News | June 30, 2021 | 6:52 am

Russell: Iron ore quality premium widens to record amid China demand, lower inventories

The spread between low- and high-grade iron ore has blown out to the highest on record in dollar terms, suggesting Chinese steel mills are trying to maximise output by using as much of the best quality ore as possible.

Reuters | June 30, 2021 | 6:20 am

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