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Diversification from China leaves $85bn gap in copper supply chain, warns WoodMac

China currently controls 97% of global smelting and refining capacity, contributing over 3 million tonnes of production.

Staff Writer | August 18, 2024 | 7:18 am

Lithium Argentina shares rise as Ganfeng takes project stake

The Pastos Grandes project is a lithium brine development located…

Northern Miner Staff | August 16, 2024 | 11:27 am

Visualizing the growth of Chinese copper miners

Chinese miners are set to overtake major producers by 2025.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | August 16, 2024 | 7:57 am

Chinalco said to eye stake in biggest Philippine copper mine

Aluminum Corp. of China is considering investing in what is…

Bloomberg News | August 16, 2024 | 7:18 am

China to limit antimony exports in latest critical mineral curbs

China accounted last year for 48% of global mined output…

Reuters | August 15, 2024 | 8:26 am

Sandvik buys majority stake in China-based Suzhou Ahno

Sandvik, which already owns a 12.4% stake, said it will through the deal raise its stake to 72.4%.

Reuters | April 23, 2024 | 6:44 am

China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals

Norwegian risk assessment firm DNV said China's coal consumption will see a "minor uptick" in the next two years.

Reuters | April 23, 2024 | 5:06 am

Chinese nickel billionaire boosts Australian miner in Indonesia

In under a decade, Nickel Industries Ltd. has gone from a relatively small miner to the world’s sixth-biggest producer of the metal.

Bloomberg News | April 22, 2024 | 2:41 pm

Column: China’s strong iron ore imports diverge from weak steel output

China's first quarter imports of iron ore and its domestic production of the steel raw material both rose strongly, but output of crude steel fell.

Reuters | April 22, 2024 | 7:28 am

Iron ore price weakens amid waning China stimulus hopes, high portside stocks

Iron ore futures prices ticked lower on Monday, weighed down by diminishing hopes of more stimulus in China.

Reuters | April 22, 2024 | 7:02 am

Huayou cuts lithium production, costs on battery metals rout

The Chinese firm said its inventory levels for lithium products expanded by more than 3,900% last year.

Bloomberg News | April 22, 2024 | 5:51 am

Nornickel moves closer to biggest buyer with plan for copper plant in China

The Russian firm will close its Arctic copper plant and build one in China with an unnamed partner.

Reuters | April 22, 2024 | 5:23 am

China is front and center of gold’s record-breaking rally

Juicing gold's rally is unrelenting Chinese demand, as retail shoppers, fund investors, futures traders and even the central bank look to bullion as a store of value in uncertain times.

Bloomberg News | April 21, 2024 | 11:18 am

Spectacular copper price rally only gaining momentum

A double digit runup in copper just in April lifts the orange metal to within sight of $10,000/tonne as warnings prices are running ahead of fundamentals emerge.

Frik Els | April 19, 2024 | 9:44 am

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