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Chinese battery maker EVE to invest in lithium production

EVE, based in Huizhou in southern China, said in an exchange filing it planned to take 28.1% equity in Jinkulun Lithium Industry Co, which makes lithium metal in China.

Reuters | July 9, 2021 | 7:43 am

Elon Musk’s China battery partner is now richer than Jack Ma

Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL, has overtaken Alibaba co-founder…

Bloomberg News | July 8, 2021 | 9:57 pm

Iron ore price retreats as steel production cuts spark demand concerns

A major steel producer in eastern China had been urged…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 8, 2021 | 8:32 am

Copper price jumps after China’s auction fetches $10,500 per tonne

More sales will be arranged in the near term to…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 7, 2021 | 9:12 am

Home: Forgotten tin tops energy transition metals leader-board

Copper may grab the supercycle headlines but it’s the tiny…

Reuters | July 7, 2021 | 8:27 am

Chinese coking coal futures hit the roof

The most-traded coking coal for January delivery on the Dalian Commodity Exchange soared 10% to 1,516 yuan ($224) a tonne, a record high.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2016 | 8:52 am

Weak commodities put infrastructure growth in emerging markets at risk — BMI

Countries heavily reliant on their extractive sectors need to step up efforts to lure investors or they will see their infrastructure sectors stalled, warn analysts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2016 | 6:15 am

Copper price jumps to 6-month high

Underperforming bellwether joins industrial metals party.

Frik Els | November 7, 2016 | 1:08 am

South32 scoops up Peabody’s Metropolitan coal mine in $200m deal

The deal includes a 17% interest in the Port Kembla Coal Terminal, south of Sydney.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 4, 2016 | 4:38 am

6 reasons coking coal price will tank

Number 1: Producers have negotiated quarterly contracts $70 below the spot price.

Frik Els | November 4, 2016 | 3:35 am

Rio’s Simandou sale ‘could crush the price of iron ore’

"It would of obvious strategic benefit for China to control a major iron ore deposit and add new supply to discipline the market."

Frik Els | November 4, 2016 | 2:00 am

Will permanent magnets save the rare earth industry?

The permanent magnet and catalyst sectors will continue to provide the largest markets for rare earths in the next ten years to 2026.

Roskill | November 4, 2016 | 1:00 am

Glencore did better as commodity trader than miner in Q3

While output was down for most commodities it mines and sales, it has improved earnings forecast for its trading unit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2016 | 6:52 am

Coal price rally bypassing US miners

As seaborne coking (up 227% year-to-date) and thermal coal (up 128%) continue to rally, decline in US domestic prices, exports resume long-term down trend.

Frik Els | November 2, 2016 | 6:31 am

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