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China 2020 aluminum output climbs to record high

Country's aluminum production rose 4.9% from the prior year to a record 37.08 million tonnes as smelters cashed in on soaring prices.

Reuters | January 18, 2021 | 8:26 am

Shanghai booms as metals trading mirrors uneven recovery

China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the…

Reuters | January 18, 2021 | 8:16 am

What China’s increasing control over cobalt resources in the DRC means for the West – report

Roskill says China’s increasing control over copper and cobalt resources…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 17, 2021 | 12:56 pm

Iron ore price hits fresh 9-and-half year high

Iron ore prices are already up 8% in 2021 after…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 15, 2021 | 10:23 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper…

MINING.com Editor | January 15, 2021 | 9:06 am

BHP vows to fight planned Aussie port strike

More than half country's iron ore shipped via export hub.

Jeffrey Richmond | August 6, 2014 | 6:55 pm

Zinc becoming investors new darling

Prices for the metal have jumped almost 17% since early May, hitting $2,410 a tonne late July.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 6, 2014 | 2:19 pm

Canada’s Manitoba to open bids for major potash deposit

The potential mine could generate $2 billion worth of royalties for the province over the course of 40 years, and sustain close to 600 jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 5, 2014 | 5:28 pm

Plenty of room for smaller iron ore players

800m tonnes going into Asian markets that the big four can't displace says 10m tonne per year Pilbara producer Atlas Iron.

Frik Els | August 4, 2014 | 12:05 pm

Doubts creeping in over stellar zinc price run

After hitting a 3-year high on scheduled mine closures, the metal could be running away from fundamentals

Frik Els | August 3, 2014 | 2:26 pm

Gold price risk still to downside

The gold price's attempts to regain $1,300 level stymied by price-sensitive Chinese demand.

Frik Els | August 3, 2014 | 12:40 pm

China is taking lunar mining seriously

China' wants astronauts on the moon early 2020s. Filling one shuttle's cargo bay with helium-3 could bring the equivalent energy of 1bn barrels of oil back to earth.

Frik Els | August 3, 2014 | 11:36 am

Copper price boost after China manufacturing jumps to 27-month high

Gauge of economic activity in top commodity consumer at highest since May 2012 on strong domestic demand and an increase in export orders.

Frik Els | August 1, 2014 | 9:56 am

Iron ore price bulls are back

But prediction of a rise above $100 a tonne in the "near future" may not be enough for smaller producers as the big three flood markets.

Frik Els | August 1, 2014 | 5:02 am

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