China Jan-Feb aluminum output rises on new capacity increase

Beijing will invest $4.6 billion over the next three years to close small and inefficient coal mines across the country.

The company shipped roughly 10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate from Las Bambas from the Port of Matarani to China on Jan. 15.

The freeze on new leases for coal mined from federal lands is part of a sweeping review of the federal coal plan.

Chief executive Sam Walsh told employees he expected 2016 to be "an even tougher year" than the last.

The world's largest producer of cerium – the bellwether for the rare earth industry – does so as a byproduct of iron ore mining.

Iron ore price already down 8% in 2016, despite a surge in Chinese imports to 96 million tonnes in December, pushing 2015 cargoes to an all-time high.

The nations were once again the biggest buyers, with China adding 21 tonnes and Russia 22 tonnes in November to their respective reserves.

In his final State of the Union address, Obama said companies leasing coal and oil rights on federal land should pay more for the effects those fuels have on climate change.

Today's animation shows how the world's most populous countries will change over the coming years.