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Iron ore price rally slows as China moves to cool speculative flows

The Dalian Commodity Exchange vowed to “severely punish” unspecified violations in iron ore trading.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 11, 2021 | 11:15 am

Copper price hits new high on declining scrap supplies

Chinese refined metal imports have been trending lower since the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 11, 2021 | 10:51 am

China’s coal futures hit record as exchange tries to cool rally with fee hike

Prices have rallied 34% so far this year as miners…

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2021 | 8:37 am

China steel futures extend gains on production curb worries, peak season demand

Chinese steel rebar and hot rolled coils futures surged over…

Reuters | May 10, 2021 | 9:46 pm

China moves to cool rally as iron ore prices explode

China's commodity exchanges moved to raise trading limits and margin…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 10, 2021 | 10:05 am

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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

US coal industry on board ‘slow-motion train wreck’— report

Analysts from McKinsey and Co. warn the U.S. is currently home to a collection of “zombie mines” that cannot turn a profit, but are too costly to close.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2015 | 7:11 am

Chinese commodity demand: Crisis. What crisis?

In volume terms Chinese imports of commodities led by iron ore and copper surged 17% in November, the best month in nearly two years.

Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 12:13 pm

Rio Tinto axes spending forecast by $1.5 billion

Once again the world's second largest mining company has cut its spending forecast for 2016, as iron ore hit new lows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2015 | 4:45 am

Glencore axes jobs, coal output at Australia’s mine as price collapses

The company will start cutting nearly 80% of its workforce at its Collinsville coal mine in March next year, as it dials back mining at the site.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2015 | 4:01 am

Down again: iron ore sinks below $40 a tonne

It hit $39.40 a tonne, the lowest price ever recorded by price assessor The Steel Index (TSI), which began compiling data in 2008.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2015 | 7:45 am

China’s steel giants lost $11 billion in first 10 months of 2015

That is more than double the profits reaped in 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2015 | 5:33 am

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