The most-traded May iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 1.42% higher.

China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths.

A prolonged slump in nickel prices is stress-testing producers worldwide.

China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged at its monthly fixing on Monday following the decision to hold its medium-term lending facility rate steady last week.

The $7 billion in financing would be part of a renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal.

A review of current developments in the global lithium industry from Jan. 12 to 19.

Jiaxin International Resources Investment is considering raising 700 million yuan to 1 billion yuan in the first-time share sale.

The country's largest state-owned iron ore miner is scaling up production to meet domestic demand.