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Physical buyers win battle for copper market as funds retreat

Investors fleeing the copper market are likely to be sidelined for many months, leaving the field clear for physical players.

Reuters | August 19, 2024 | 6:45 am

World’s biggest steel producer warns of ‘severe’ industry crisis

Conditions in China’s steel sector are like a “harsh winter” that will be “longer, colder and more difficult to endure than we expected,” Baowu Steel's chairman said.

Bloomberg News | August 18, 2024 | 2:10 pm

Diversification from China leaves $85bn gap in copper supply chain, warns WoodMac

China currently controls 97% of global smelting and refining capacity, contributing over 3 million tonnes of production.

Staff Writer | August 18, 2024 | 7:18 am

Lithium Argentina shares rise as Ganfeng takes project stake

The Pastos Grandes project is a lithium brine development located in the same basin as Ganfeng Lithium’s Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes project.

Northern Miner Staff | August 16, 2024 | 11:27 am

Visualizing the growth of Chinese copper miners

Chinese miners are set to overtake major producers by 2025.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | August 16, 2024 | 7:57 am

Chinalco said to eye stake in biggest Philippine copper mine

Aluminum Corp. of China is considering investing in what is set to be the Philippines’ largest gold and copper mine.

Bloomberg News | August 16, 2024 | 7:18 am

China to limit antimony exports in latest critical mineral curbs

China accounted last year for 48% of global mined output of antimony.

Reuters | August 15, 2024 | 8:26 am

Iron ore price hits over 14-month low on weak China property data

Property investment in China fell 10.2% in the first seven months from a year earlier.

Reuters | August 15, 2024 | 7:17 am

Video: ‘Grade smearing’ the top industry disclosure flaw, Brent Cook says

Retail investors can struggle to make sense of drill results, but some junior mining explorers make things worse with misleading reporting practices that inflate the value of their projects, industry veteran says.

Northern Miner Staff | August 14, 2024 | 1:05 pm

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Iron ore price recovers but posts weekly loss as Beijing stimulus uncertainty weighs

Teck CEO says Canada must spend more to erode China’s critical minerals dominance

Copper price rises before keenly anticipated policy briefing from China

China’s top miner to spend $24 billion on coal-to-oil project

Dalian iron ore rebounds on fresh China stimulus hopes, seasonal steel demand

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