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Global copper smelting slides in March on Chinese shortages

Global copper smelting slipped to the lowest levels in at least five years in March as top producer China failed to recover following the Lunar New Year holiday due to supply shortages.

Reuters | April 5, 2021 | 6:31 am

Rare earth metals production is no longer monopolized by China

Namely, Australia saw a 672% increase in rare earth production…

Govind Bhutada - Visual Capitalist | April 2, 2021 | 10:36 am

Home: China’s aluminum imports underpin physical premium surge

Even the world’s largest producer - China - seems to…

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 8:00 am

China aluminum prices to remain elevated amid Inner Mongolia curbs – Chalco

Consultancy CRU previously estimated a total of 100,000 tonnes of…

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:52 am

Ganfeng sees lithium rally extending as profits almost triple

Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices started to buck a three-year downturn…

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:43 am

Battery grade graphite set for record year

China’s output of spherical graphite has continued to go from strength to strength in Q2 2015 on the back of strong lithium ion battery demand from Asia.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence | June 25, 2015 | 5:52 am

Iron ore prices hit six-day highs, but rally won’t last say experts

Analysts from Goldman Sachs, Citi and ANZ predict prices will drop again below $50 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 10:01 am

Uralkali may delist before year-end ahead of imminent merger — report

The world's largest potash miner is said to be mulling a merger with Uralchem, one of its main shareholders.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2015 | 8:15 am

Zijin goes after Aussie gold miner in overseas buying spree

The Chinese firm already mines gold next door to a Phoenix deposit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2015 | 3:22 am

Met-coal plumbs decade lows

Hobbled by too much supply and not enough demand, especially in China, the coal needed to produce steel has fallen to levels not seen since 2004.

Andrew Topf | June 21, 2015 | 4:30 pm

China’s energy demand may not increase until 2017

In this post I revisit the energy production and consumption data for China looking for clues about the future direction of global energy markets.

Oilprice.com | June 21, 2015 | 1:34 pm

The rare earth challenge

While not especially rare and not really earths, there is no doubting the difficulties in mining and processing the rare earth group of metals, or their importance to the global economy.

CSIRO | June 18, 2015 | 6:01 am

Iron ore price rally just gave miners ‘false hope’

Iron ore price declines to resume as Shanghai rebar drops to record low Wednesday with bears calling rally just a blip before prices retreat to $40s again.

Frik Els | June 17, 2015 | 5:14 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Every Chinese overseas investment over $100m visualized

Showing over 1,250 attempted transactions, this list includes both successful and failed attempts in order to visualize the ebb and flow of Chinese investments up until mid-2014.

Visual Capitalist | June 17, 2015 | 9:04 am

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