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You’re too bearish on China growth

Beijing has very ambitious 2020 growth targets. A new survey finds Chinese executives are much more confident than the rest of the world about hitting them.

Frik Els | December 23, 2015 | 5:47 am

What to expect for 2016: Top predictions for the mining industry

Will commodities continue to “bump along the bottom” or is a recovery coming by mid-year? The jury is out.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 22, 2015 | 3:15 am

Fanya Metal Exchange founder gone missing

Exchange trading in minor metals including antimony, germanium, bismuth, wolfram and indium in Kunming China owes investors more than $6 billion.

Frik Els | December 18, 2015 | 10:18 am

Hope fades for 19 trapped coal miners in China

The site remained on fire on Thursday and the temperature inside the mine “could have reached 1,000 degrees” Celsius (over 1,600 Fahrenheit), according to rescue workers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2015 | 11:05 am

Goldman forecasts even more pain for iron ore

The bank says prices will remain under $40 a ton for the next three years as China’s slowdown forces the sector into a long period of hibernation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2015 | 5:34 am

Joy Global swings to loss, cuts dividend

The mining equipment maker said business conditions continue to be tough mostly due to a slower-than-expected recovery in the global economy and weak commodity prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2015 | 6:40 am

The Chinese scramble to mine Africa

25-fold investment jump in less than a decade. That's how fast China's gaining control over Africa’s mining industry. And Beijing's only pushing harder now.

Vladimir Basov | December 15, 2015 | 1:55 pm

Falling Chinese steel demand means more bad news for iron ore

The pain for iron ore producers is not expected to let up anytime soon, as numbers out of China indicate that steel demand is dropping.

Andrew Topf | December 13, 2015 | 4:04 pm

China takes a big step forward

On November 30th the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it would admit China's Renminbi currency, commonly known as the Yuan, to the select basket of reserve currencies that make up its Special Drawing Rights (SDR's).

John Browne - Euro Pacific Capital | December 10, 2015 | 12:31 am

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