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CHARTS: China’s overseas copper mining scramble

Chinese state and private investors have spent more than $16 billion over the last decade buying copper mines and projects including nearly 50 in Africa.

MINING.com Editor | June 29, 2021 | 11:25 am

Aluminum premia spike on planned Russian export tax

Russia has proposed introducing an export duty on steel, copper,…

MINING.com Editor | June 29, 2021 | 9:52 am

Iron ore price down on easing steel demand in China

Steel mills have been ordered to limit or suspend their…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 29, 2021 | 9:28 am

Green copper demand to average 13% annual growth over next 10 years – report

The two most important areas of green copper demand growth…

MINING.com Editor | June 28, 2021 | 3:03 pm

CATL extends battery supply deal with Tesla

It would supply battery cells to Tesla, which is making…

Reuters | June 28, 2021 | 11:17 am

Coal rally puts the brakes on asset sales in sector

Prices above $200 a tonne are suddenly making companies that mine the steel-making commodity more unattractive.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2016 | 6:00 am

At least 9 killed, 11 trapped in Chinese coal mine accident

A gas explosion ripped through the colliery in the northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

NDTV | September 27, 2016 | 8:46 pm

Stunning coking coal rally wreaks havoc in steel, iron ore

Coking coal/iron ore ratio at 16-year low.

Frik Els | September 26, 2016 | 7:02 am

Chinese coal companies to boost thermal coal output to placate steel mills

Cranking up production is actually the opposite of what Beijing wants to do for Chinese coal.

Andrew Topf | September 25, 2016 | 5:41 pm

Large lead, zinc deposit found in Xinjiang

A large lead and zinc deposit, allegedly China's largest, has been discovered in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities announced on Sunday.

Xinhua | September 25, 2016 | 4:48 pm

No end to uranium price plunge

"Some producers need to move material for cash flow purposes and we have seen some pretty aggressive selling in the past few weeks."

Frik Els | September 23, 2016 | 3:58 am

Canada-US gold mining revenues fall behind

Asia-Pacific, Africa top tables with revenues of $20 billion and $16 billon annually.

Frik Els | September 22, 2016 | 6:49 am

Here’s what 50 million extra tonnes of iron ore will do to prices

Prices for the steel-making ingredient are down by 9.8% over a month ago and most of the massive projects expected to come on stream this year are not producing at full steam yet.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2016 | 5:34 am

Rio Tinto is no longer worried about China’s growth

The world’s second largest miner says is now rather “cautiously optimistic” in relation to what China's effect on commodity prices has in store.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2016 | 11:00 am

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