Iron ore price stable while China prepares for ‘possible storm’

And Chuquicamata stoppage, looming Escondida strike.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on investment drive.

The expansion, on top of a $238 million upgrade due for completion in April, will double the mine’s production to 1.95 million tonnes a year of lithium concentrate a year from 2020.

The $502-million transaction makes the Chinese company Arab Potash's majority shareholder.

The dollar erases most of its gains and treasuries strengthened after President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates.

Copper crashed through $6,000 a metric ton for the first time in a year and is headed for its biggest monthly drop since 2015.

Yttrium is just one a host critical minerals on the list of Chinese imports targeted for the next escalation of the simmering trade war between the two countries.

From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.

Major managerial shake-up at the state-run Jianxi Copper.