China coal futures surge to record as flooding swamps mining hub

Chinese aluminium exports are expected to surge in coming months and next year after Beijing boosted tax rebates as part of a package to soften the impact of a trade war with the United States.

The IPCC report highlights that coal now has its back very much against the wall, but equally that the real power for change lies in Beijing.

This week, it seems everybody has something in common: they’re all copper bulls.

Get ready, gold bulls: The precious metal could be close to finding a bottom.

The country's antitrust court has approved a deal between the competition regulator and Tianqi, allowing the Chinese miner to buy a nearly one-quarter stake in lithium producer SQM .

The weak pricing comes at a time when an oversupply of lithium has pushed down prices even as demand for the metal is expected to increase.

BHP has analysed the impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a network of overseas construction projects, on commodity demand.

Across the main auto markets, growth in electric vehicles is booming.

This winter, regulators are replacing hard caps on coal use and steel production with less strict targets.