Iron ore price jumps 7% on hopes of more support from Chinese government

A new report issued by BMI research states that global bauxite production growth will accelerate over the coming years.

China's copper imports bounce back in the first quarter and is now up more than 7% year-on-year and iron ore shipments remain on pace for another record.

China is the world's biggest consumer of iron ore, the raw material for manufacturing steel.

Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five years.

The past couple of months have featured a broad retracement of the metals complex, away from the recent highs.

Mining mogul Bob Murray offered a passionate defense of coal, asserting that we’d all “die in the dark” without it.

International prices, which have shot up more than 10 percent since the sanctions were announced, will have to rise further to lure exports from China.

Rapaport expects polished trading to continue slowing in the coming months.

LG Chem to raise $224.8 mln by 2020 to set up two JVs.