July 19, 2012
Chinese import prices are now the lowest since November 8 2011, when the steelmaking ingredient was recovering from a crash in October. During that month iron ore shed $60 a…
July 19, 2012
Copper strengthened further on Thursday in a generally stronger base metals sector on comments from China Premier Wen Jiabao which was interpreted as suggesting possible further monetary easing there.
July 19, 2012
China Mining United Fund plans to establish a collaborative China/Africa equity fund to pursue minority stakes in gold, iron-ore and metal companies in Africa and other parts of the world,…
July 18, 2012
Recent discoveries of rare earth minerals at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean could break China's existing stranglehold on supply of the key raw materials.
July 17, 2012
Simply put, China has built too much, too quickly.
July 17, 2012
A build-up in steel inventories and a steep drop-off in demand as China's building boom begins to look more and more unsustainable send iron ore down 3.4% in just the…
July 17, 2012
Chinese media sources have confirmed rumours of government stockpiling of rare earths which have been in circulation since earlier this month with China’s leading English-language daily reporting that the central…
July 17, 2012
Citic Pacific Mining executive chairman Dongyi Hua says "soaring demand for Australian food, particularly beef, among China's 100 million wealthy people could buffer Australia's economy from the effects of an…
July 16, 2012
Zijin Mining Group (HK:2899), China’s largest gold producer, announced on Friday that its bid for Australia’s Norton Gold Fields Limited (ASX:NGF) had successfully obtained approval from Australian regulators.
July 16, 2012
Swiss commodity supplier Glencore International obtained approval from the Canadian federal government on Sunday for its application to buy up Canadian agribusiness titan Viterra Inc., bringing the $6.1 billion deal…
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