China Top Stories

Iron ore price rebounds as China stimulus hopes outweigh weak fundamentals

A raft of industrial data that remained relatively weak kept alive calls for Beijing to ramp up consumer-focused stimulus.

Reuters | December 16, 2024 | 8:40 am

Copper price: What’s in store for 2025

The bellwether metal had a rollercoaster 2024, will next year…

Frik Els | December 13, 2024 | 5:48 pm

Chinese coal prices slump to year’s low as stimulus disappoints

China’s coal market has been in steady decline since late…

Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 4:35 pm

Column: Bleak times for copper smelters as conversion fees slump

The benchmark smelter treatment charges for next year have been…

Reuters | December 13, 2024 | 11:58 am

Gallium price rises to highest since 2011 following China export curbs

Gallium prices assessed by Fastmarkets rose to $595 per kilogram…

Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 10:27 am

China’s central bank resumes gold purchases after six-month hiatus

China's gold holdings rose to 72.96 million fine troy ounces at the end of November.

Reuters | December 7, 2024 | 4:51 pm

China’s metal dominance

Washington has finally begun to recognize its critical minerals vulnerability.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | December 6, 2024 | 12:44 pm

Rattled by China, West scrambles to rejig critical minerals supply chains

China's trade restrictions on strategic minerals are starting to hit Western companies where it hurts.

Reuters | December 6, 2024 | 10:32 am

Antofagasta, Jiangxi agree major drop in 2025 copper TC/RCs

The new agreement represents a drop of 73.4% from the $80 benchmark for 2024.

Reuters | December 5, 2024 | 6:51 am

Mitsubishi Corp loses $90 million in suspected China metal fraud

The loss is the latest in a string of recent cases of alleged wrongdoing to hit a major commodity trading house.

Bloomberg News | December 4, 2024 | 9:46 am

China’s trade reprisals may extend to minerals like rare earths

China isn’t short of options when it comes to critical minerals that could be used as counters in a trade war with the US.

Bloomberg News | December 4, 2024 | 9:39 am

Iron ore price gains as China stimulus hopes outweigh worries of escalating trade tensions

Hopes of more fiscal stimulus from the upcoming Central Economic Work Conference in China helped prices.

Reuters | December 4, 2024 | 7:00 am

Canada mining group uses China ban to push back on Trump tariffs

“Imposing tariffs on Canadian mineral and metal exports to the US would run counter to the shared goals of secure and reliable supply chains,” the MAC said.

Bloomberg News | December 3, 2024 | 2:43 pm

Trump tariffs could reshape global copper landscape

Canadian and Mexican exports unlikely to be cost-competitive and US would look elsewhere for 16% of its refined copper imports and 48% of semi-finished copper products.

Frik Els | December 3, 2024 | 12:09 pm

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