China Top Stories

Musk says Tesla, SpaceX face ‘significant’ inflationary pressure

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a surge in prices of metals used in cars - from aluminum in the bodywork to palladium in catalytic converters to the high-grade nickel in electric vehicle batteries.

Reuters | March 14, 2022 | 6:39 am

China seeks to cut reliance on coal imports with mining boom

The nation’s top economic planner told officials from major mining…

Bloomberg News | March 13, 2022 | 7:58 pm

Nickel chaos resounds from stainless steel to electric vehicles

Chinese producers of nickel sulfate used in EV batteries stopped…

Bloomberg News | March 11, 2022 | 11:49 am

GRAPH: Copper price has far to fall as Chinese growth tumbles

Copper prices near records can't stay aloft as growth in…

Frik Els | March 11, 2022 | 10:35 am

Tycoon behind nickel’s big short has power to fuel more drama

Massive short positions held by Tsingshan have gone disastrously awry…

Bloomberg News | March 10, 2022 | 10:26 am

China iron ore futures resume rise on stimulus optimism

The Dalian Commodity Exchange's May iron ore contract ended up 0.9% at $95.13 a tonne.

Reuters | March 4, 2020 | 1:25 pm

Coronavirus hits De Beers sales

Company has deferred allocations due to the virus impact on customers focused on the Chinese market.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2020 | 3:55 am

Gold has immunity, silver has ratio – Rick Mills

The gold-silver ratio is currently at 95 and rising as both silver and gold keep climbing on virus fears.

Rick Mills | March 3, 2020 | 2:02 pm

Western Mining has force majeure application accepted

Company operates both mines and smelters and it has 160,000 tonnes of annual copper smelting capacity.

Reuters | March 3, 2020 | 9:26 am

SQM warns of further lithium price drop, coronavirus impact

The world’s No. 2 lithium miner saw profits drop 38% in Q4 2019 and said sales to China in the first months of 2020 could be hit by the virus.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2020 | 3:56 am

Iron ore, copper prices surge despite China factory data shock

Investors look beyond fall in manufacturing gauge to lowest on record to hopes of massive infrastructure stimulus from Beijing.

Frik Els | March 2, 2020 | 1:51 pm

PDAC 2020: Coronavirus weighs on mining outlook

Sparse attendance in Toronto convention shows impact of the virus outbreak.

Alisha Hiyate - Canadian Mining Journal | March 2, 2020 | 12:42 pm

Seaborne coal prices spike not expected to last long – report

Fitch Ratings predicts that the disruptions caused by COVID-19 will ease over the medium term.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 1, 2020 | 7:15 am

China restarts rare earth capacity after closures

A new market report by Roskill looks at the impact of the disruptions.

MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2020 | 2:01 pm

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