China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.

Roskill says China’s increasing control over copper and cobalt resources in the DRC could pose a threat to western market participants.

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The shipments that could be cleared are those that arrived before a ban on Australian coal went into effect.

Global EV sales are projected to surge 60% this year, according to BloombergNEF.

The fate of the workers at Hushan gold mine remains unclear.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.

China’s massive buying spree appears to be ending, and import demand may be returning to what could be viewed as more “normal” levels.