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China, in comic strip, warns of ‘overseas’ threats to its rare earths

China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths.

Reuters | January 22, 2024 | 7:48 am

Nickel price crash seen extending Indonesia’s grip on supply

A prolonged slump in nickel prices is stress-testing producers worldwide.

Bloomberg News | January 22, 2024 | 7:41 am

Iron ore price consolidates as traders ponder demand outlook

China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged at its monthly fixing…

Reuters | January 22, 2024 | 7:09 am

Bolivia Uyuni plant to yield first lithium by 2025-end

State-owned lithium company YLB and a Chinese consortium are building…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2024 | 5:37 am

Congo and China talking $7 billion in finance, Tshisekedi says

The $7 billion in financing would be part of a…

Bloomberg News | January 20, 2024 | 2:08 pm

China nickel producers look to London exchange in dash for profit

Chinese companies likely to apply to the LME include Tsingshan Group, China's largest nickel producer.

Reuters | August 3, 2023 | 6:41 am

Typhoon’s devastation brings respite to China’s coal market

Torrential rains are dousing Chinese coal prices as power consumption drops in flood-hit cities and industrial areas.

Bloomberg News | August 3, 2023 | 6:22 am

Iron ore price slump widens as China demand concerns mount

Flooding in Hebei from record rainfall added to market worries about local steel production.

Reuters | August 3, 2023 | 6:17 am

Global copper smelting ticked higher in July, but China slid

Apart from Asia and Oceania, all other regions outside China recorded increasing levels of activity.

Reuters | August 3, 2023 | 6:12 am

Myanmar tin ban in Wa region may cut China’s smelter output in H2

China sources over half of its import needs in tin concentrate from Myanmar.

Reuters | August 3, 2023 | 5:51 am

Canadian deep-sea miner TMC to seek licence in 2024

The Metals Company is ready to apply for a mining licence next year, with production expected as early as the fourth quarter of 2025.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2023 | 5:15 am

Over 20m tonnes of copper demand could be destroyed through 2030

New research lays out scope of substitution and thrifting of copper as automakers and other manufacturers find ways to head off a supply crunch.

Frik Els | August 2, 2023 | 11:17 am

Weak China manufacturing, lack of stimulus push copper prices down

China’s manufacturing activity dropped for a fourth consecutive month in July.

Staff Writer | August 2, 2023 | 8:02 am

Column: China’s weak PMI means good news for commodities, for now