China’s coal futures hit record as exchange tries to cool rally with fee hike

A new survey shows those heading some of the world's largest corporations are increasingly sanguine about China hitting growth targets.

Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.

TABLE: China's copper demand grew 11-fold in 15 years – the rest of the world shrunk. Sans China, the nickel market would've barely broken a million tonnes.

Down $110 in December.

The project, known as Laguna Verde, is located in the country’s north, known for its vast salt flats under which experts say there is enough of the commodity to supply the world for decades.

Mosaic has agreed to acquire most of Vale's phosphate assets in Brazil, its stake in Peru's Bayovar mine and the firm’s Kronau potash project, in Canada.

The country's uranium output is expected to triple in 2017 as the massive Husab mine begins production.

Fresh UN sanctions against North Korea aimed at punishment for a nuclear test in September will be honoured by China, the reclusive regime's most important trading and diplomatic partner.

The steelmaking raw material is up 85% this year, or more than double its December 2015 price.