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The king of nickel is betting big on a green future in batteries

Tsingshan made numerous bold moves on its path to becoming the world’s largest nickel producer, but its new plan to supply carmakers with cheap, clean metal could be its biggest breakthrough yet.

Bloomberg News | March 15, 2021 | 8:22 am

VW plans to be battery juggernaut in $29 billion answer to Tesla

Company is stepping up its game to become the world’s…

Bloomberg News | March 15, 2021 | 7:54 am

Shanghai bourse studies overseas warehousing for bonded copper contract

The Shanghai International Energy Exchange bonded copper futures, which were…

Reuters | March 15, 2021 | 7:37 am

China’s copper imports likely to rise, may not be bullish signal: Russell

There are certainly still reasons to be optimistic on China’s…

Reuters | March 15, 2021 | 7:31 am

China Jan-Feb aluminum output rises on new capacity increase

Primary aluminum output in the world's biggest aluminum producer, was…

Reuters | March 15, 2021 | 7:24 am

Mining top executives the gloomiest of all: report

Despite the overall pessimism, mining CEOs remain just as confident on their own company’s growth as they were in previous years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2015 | 4:00 am

Iron ore price massacre continues

Unprecedented meltdown continues as iron ore price suffers worst trading day in more than year on Thursday bringing weekly loss to eye-watering 15%.

Frik Els | April 2, 2015 | 12:36 pm

China claims to hold over 2 million tonnes of uranium deposits

The country’s uranium deposits have doubled in the last 15 years to more than 350 across the nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 2, 2015 | 7:15 am

Iron ore price crashes through $50

Iron ore price plummets again on reports Beijing may force 40% of China's steel mills to shut down amid pollution crackdown.

Frik Els | April 1, 2015 | 3:11 pm

Less than half of copper projects needed to meet demand

New report identifies 231 existing copper projects with potential output of nearly 13m tonnes which will more than make up for long-term mine depletion.

Frik Els | March 31, 2015 | 10:44 pm