China Top Stories

Startup eyes Australia to build China-free battery production

Recharge Industries is planning a A$300 million factory to build lithium-ion batteries free of materials from China.

Bloomberg News | January 15, 2023 | 1:22 pm

Goldman raises aluminum forecasts on higher Chinese and European demand

The metal will probably average $3,125 a ton this year…

Bloomberg News | January 15, 2023 | 10:37 am

Copper price down after rapid rally

Copper prices paused their rally on Friday but were set…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 13, 2023 | 9:28 am

Dalian iron ore hits 17-month high on China demand optimism

Global supply concerns are also boosting iron ore prices.

Reuters | January 13, 2023 | 9:14 am

Copper exporters to benefit from China reopening, AllianceBernstein says

Global markets have yet to price in fully the reopening…

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2023 | 8:38 am

Copper price crashes 5% on talk China will release strategic reserves

Beijing may dump state metal stocks on overheating markets and is cracking down on speculation as producer inflation hits 12-year high.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 14, 2021 | 10:00 pm

Iron ore price up after mine closures in Brazil and China

Vale is considering the use of remote-controlled trains near the Xingu dam for the flow of its production.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 14, 2021 | 11:38 am

The race to green steel is on — will the US take on the challenge?

A forthcoming industrial disruption is inevitable for the US and global steel sector.

Jamil Hijazi | June 13, 2021 | 9:32 am

China racing to build coal storage capacity as prices soar

The coal sector must improve mechanisms to store supply and speed up construction of reserve capacity, an official says.

Bloomberg News | June 11, 2021 | 10:59 am

Iron ore prices firm up above $200 a tonne

Chinese port stocks drop to four month low while Brazilian exports remain far off guidance.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 11, 2021 | 9:08 am

China May copper output down m/m, lead production up

China's major copper smelters reduced output by 4.34% in May from a month earlier to 765,100 tonnes as several of them carried out maintenance.

Reuters | June 11, 2021 | 7:51 am

China eyes releasing up to 900,000 tonnes of aluminum reserves – consultancy

The world's biggest producer of aluminum rarely sells state metal stockpiles.

Reuters | June 11, 2021 | 7:42 am

Output halted at all non-coal mines in China’s Shanxi after accident

An iron mine in Shanxi was flooded on Thursday and trapped 13 miners.

Reuters | June 11, 2021 | 7:22 am

Ganfeng Lithium to sell $630m of shares to fund expansion

The company in March announced an ambitious plan to increase its production capacity roughly fivefold to 600,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year.

Reuters | June 10, 2021 | 10:26 am

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