China Top Stories

Copper price above $3 for first time since June 2018

Copper price jumps to highest since June 2018 as massive Chinese stimulus suck in metal and LME inventories drop to 13-year low.

Frik Els | August 19, 2020 | 11:50 am

China plans to boost cobalt reserves as virus spurs supply risks

Cobalt prices have climbed 10% in the past month amid…

Bloomberg News | August 19, 2020 | 8:19 am

Iron ore price rockets to highest since January 2014

China's $680 billion post-pandemic splurge on infrastructure sparks record steel…

Frik Els | August 18, 2020 | 12:55 pm

MINING.COM EV Metal Index surges 64% as Europe tops China

Sales of electric cars in Western Europe sporting cobalt, nickel…

Frik Els | August 18, 2020 | 10:55 am

GRAPHIC-Reprieve for molybdenum prices from China’s import surge

Chinese demand and imports have revitalised prices, but a reversal…

Reuters | August 18, 2020 | 8:11 am

China flexes monetary muscle

China’s yuan has overtaken the euro to become the second-most used currency in trade finance.

Frik Els | December 3, 2013 | 8:14 pm

Iron ore price blasts to 3-month high

Chinese steel mills are humming and rapidly depleting domestic iron ore mines face tough new environment rules from Beijing translating into surging demand for imports.

Frik Els | December 3, 2013 | 7:11 pm

China’s great appetite for Port Hedland iron ore

Shipments reached 22.3 million tonnes from 16.2 million tonnes a year earlier.

MINING.com Editor | December 3, 2013 | 9:08 am

China’s CNOOC has big LNG plans for British Columbia

"24 million tonnes of super-cooled gas per year, or just over three billion cubic feet a day."

MINING.com Editor | December 3, 2013 | 1:05 am

China to search for rare earths in the Moon

The “Jade Rabbit,” China's first lunar rover, is equipped with a round-penetrating radar to measure the Moon's soil and crust.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2013 | 8:01 pm

Rio Tinto revises Pilbara expansion

"We will deliver the expansion at an estimated capital cost of more than $3bn below previous expectations."

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 2, 2013 | 4:25 am

Weak stock market debut for Chinese iron ore miner

Despite high-profile backing from Hong Kong and mainland billionaires Hengshi Mining Investments' IPO has been a disappointment.

Frik Els | December 1, 2013 | 10:42 pm

China addresses coal overcapacity

Cheap imports, domestic overproduction.

MINING.com Editor | November 29, 2013 | 1:44 am

Canada’s Ontario joins global ‘war on coal’

Province introduces next week legislation aimed to ban the burning of coal and the building of new such plants.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2013 | 4:28 pm

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