Coronavirus is double shock for China’s giant aluminium sector

After a three day break, Chinese traders make the most of soft iron ore prices to replenish inventories that remain more than 20% lower than a year ago.

The market is closely watching the opening of Oyu Tolgoi, as fears about copper supply for the rest of 2013 continue to increase, affecting the red metal's price.

More than three years after the debut of the euro zone’s crisis,it is still difficult to map a lasting way out of the economic turmoil that plagues the old continent.

Small coal miners are already under financial pressure coming from falling prices and their rather higher costs.

Copper price slumps 1.8% as Brazil, Russia, India and China growth slows to 2009 levels.

The official version is that the three small-scale miners lost their lives after inhaling excess smoke in a pit during a blast to extract the mineral.

Western Potash up 13% one week after Chinese investment

The estimates are "highly uncertain and will remain so until they are extensively tested with production wells."

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