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Russel: Iron ore demand recovering outside China, but will it be enough?

The price of spot iron ore for delivery to north China has fallen in recent sessions as the market struggles to work through a competing series of both bullish and bearish factors.

Reuters | March 11, 2021 | 4:44 pm

Cobalt, nickel free electric car batteries are a runaway success

Few months in, LFP Model 3 already commands 5% of…

Frik Els | March 11, 2021 | 2:30 pm

EU plans to make battery cells for 7m EV cars by 2025 – Handelsblatt

As part of its plan to become climate neutral by…

Reuters | March 11, 2021 | 1:23 pm

Despite wobbles, demand to push copper price

Chile's mininster says the underlying trend of rising demand remains…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 11, 2021 | 10:22 am

Trader buys $36m of copper and gets painted rocks instead

The saga unfolds like a gangland thriller, with the Swiss…

Bloomberg News | March 10, 2021 | 9:58 am

Iron ore price holds despite 12% fall in Chinese imports

Iron ore trading at near four-months highs despite sharp drop in Chinese imports, but analysts say rally is "living on borrowed time."

Frik Els | June 8, 2015 | 2:55 pm

China’s five year plan and the end of an era

At its centre will be a shift of emphasis away from trade with the advanced nations, whose prospects are bound to subside towards their level of economic growth.

GoldMoney | June 5, 2015 | 9:47 am

Gold mining still most significant source of income in Africa, Asia — WGC

Mali, Papa New Guinea, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Tanzania, DRC and Mongolia among countries where gold mining contributed the most to their locals economies, says the World Gold Council.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2015 | 3:08 am