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Dalian iron ore price set for seventh straight quarterly gain

China is pausing industrial activity to clear air pollution ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebration later this week.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 9:26 am

Copper price set for smallest quarterly gain since March 2020

China curbs and expectations of sooner-than-anticipated policy tightening in the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 7:42 am

More than 100 coal mines in China halt operations for centennial

In Shanxi, the country’s biggest coal producing province, 128 of…

Bloomberg News | June 30, 2021 | 6:52 am

Russell: Iron ore quality premium widens to record amid China demand, lower inventories

The spread between low- and high-grade iron ore has blown…

Reuters | June 30, 2021 | 6:20 am

China faces risks due to high chrome, manganese, nickel import reliance — report

According to Roskill, China’s net import reliance on chromium, nickel…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 6:06 am

Technicals, Chinese holiday behind much of gold price drop

Chinese gold investors usually buy on dips, but the country's financial markets were closed for the annual Golden Week holiday.

Frik Els | October 6, 2016 | 5:47 am

CHART: Coking coal surge could kill quarterly pricing

During Q3, the daily spot price averaged almost $133 per tonne, 44% higher than the quarterly benchmark agreed in late June.

Frik Els | October 4, 2016 | 6:55 am

China to reach target in cutting coal overcapacity by year-end

The world’s biggest coal producer expects to reach targets for cutting unneeded capacity by the end of 2016, which is earlier than planned.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2016 | 5:43 am

Will falling Chinese imports put the brakes on rising silver price?

We would tend to disagree, taking silver’s more valuable sibling as a guide.

Sharps Pixley | October 2, 2016 | 1:42 pm

Chinese firm buys Anglo American niobium and phosphate operation in Brazil

CMOC bought Fosfatos Brasil Limitada and Nióbio Brasil Limitada for US$1.7 billion.

MINING.com Editor | September 30, 2016 | 11:31 am

Precious metals, nickel, zinc likely to outperform over next 2 years — analysts

The commodity research teams at Macquarie and Barclays, however, are not as optimistic when it comes to potash, aluminum and steel.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 30, 2016 | 6:30 am

Namibia’s new uranium mine to triple country’s output by 2017

The country is poised to becoming the world’s third largest producer of the commodity, as the massive Husab mine begins production in October.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2016 | 8:50 am

Extreme pollution forces China to shut down hundreds of coal, steel operations

The country’s state planner said it would also set up a no-coal zone in cities around Beijing in 2017 to try reducing the capital's hazardous smog levels.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2016 | 5:25 am

Where will oil prices go after Algiers?

The outcome of negotiations in Algeria this week may not do much to rescue oil prices.

Oilprice.com | September 28, 2016 | 8:47 am

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