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Iron ore price slides as Chinese president stresses zero-covid stance

The environment is still not optimistic and the industry faces a “severe market situation”, the China Iron & Steel Association warned.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2022 | 8:43 am

Copper price down as demand uncertainty offsets supply woes

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated the country's covid-19 stance during…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2022 | 8:27 am

Aluminum price drops on jump in LME stocks and Russian metal

Metal industry sources say there is concern that Rusal will…

Reuters | October 17, 2022 | 7:17 am

Platinum-lanthanum alloy may give push to next-gen fuel cells

Researchers at Tsinghua University have devised a method for combining…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2022 | 6:06 am

China won’t rush its clean energy transformation, Xi Jinping says

Xi electrified climate activists two years ago when he vowed…

Bloomberg News | October 16, 2022 | 9:12 am

Responsible Mining Foundation concerned about thousands of abandoned, at-risk tailings facilities worldwide

There are more than 30,000 tailings storage facilities around the world and between 25% to 30% of them are abandoned.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 22, 2021 | 6:15 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Fire at Vale iron ore terminal could cut shipments by 32m tonnes; China’s imports of Australian copper ore plunged to zero; Kabanga, Tanzania to develop world’s largest nickel deposit

MINING.com Editor | January 21, 2021 | 3:50 pm

Ignore or enforce? Biden’s dilemma on China’s commodity purchases

President Joe Biden inherits a problematic trade deal with China and the unpalatable choices of trying to make Beijing meet its commitments on purchases of US commodities.

Reuters | January 21, 2021 | 10:36 am

Trapped China gold miners have to wait 15 days for rescue

Rescue teams on Wednesday drilled new holes down a gold mine in China's Shandong province, searching for more survivors after an explosion 10 days ago.

Reuters | January 21, 2021 | 9:23 am

Global copper smelting rises in December, driven by China

China and the rest of Asia continued the rapid expansion that was seen in November.

Reuters | January 21, 2021 | 8:13 am

Fire at Vale iron ore terminal could cut shipments by 32m tonnes – sources

Replacement of shiploader boom could take months and hit Vale's shipping capacity in 2021.

Bruno Venditti | January 20, 2021 | 12:15 pm

China rescuers prepare escape route for trapped gold miners

A total of 22 workers were trapped underground in the Hushan gold mine on the outskirts of Yantai, on China's eastern coast.

Reuters | January 20, 2021 | 10:07 am

China’s imports of Australian copper ore plunged to zero

China's imports of copper concentrate from Australia dried up completely in December amid tense bilateral relations.

Reuters | January 20, 2021 | 8:47 am

China bought most iron ore from Australia, Brazil in 2020, but imports from India up nearly 90%

Almost two-thirds of India's iron ore exports to China had less than 58% iron content.

Reuters | January 20, 2021 | 8:26 am

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