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China Mining News
China leaves size, timing of coal output restrictions to local authorities
Beijing will adopt more market-friendly measures in the sector and other oversupplied industries.
Why commodities could be on the verge of a massive surge
After finishing 2016 up 25 percent, commodities are getting another boost from bullish investors.
Surging China iron ore imports can't stem price decline
Chinese customs data released today show double digit gains for iron ore imports from record breaking 2016, but iron ore price is down 7% in three days.
Copper price falls to 8-week low
Strike at Freeport's giant Peru mine takes offline world's three biggest mines, but worries about demand drops copper after huge jump in warehouse stocks.
Value of mining M&A plunges to lowest level since 2004
While the number of deals made last year increased by a third, it's the low value of the M&A that stands out in EY's latest report.
Iron ore price drops to 1-month low, coking coal rebounds
Iron ore stockpiles at Chinese ports reach record high, but Beijing steel and coal capacity cuts should lend support to high-grade imports, met coal prices.
Copper will trend lower this year: Jiangxi boss
The head of China's second-largest copper refiner is sounding a bearish note on the red metal, even as the country is targetting higher economic growth.
Chinese coal draw-down gathers pace
Coal continues to be the sector in the cross-hairs of Chinese plans to shift its energy mix away from fossil fuels and into cleaner renewables.
Mining industry leaders meet again at PDAC 2017
For the second consecutive year, PDAC will host the International Mines Ministers Summit (IMMS) with 25 countries attending to it.
Cobalt: will 2017 be a year of change?
A number of suspensions, most notably Katanga Mining in the DRC, have contributed to a tight metal market.
Human activity creates 208 new mineral species
Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls
Yancoal fresh loss casts doubts on planned acquisition of Rio’s mines
Industry observers believe Yancoal will face several challenges when trying to complete a $2bn equity issue to finance the acquisition of Rio’s coal mines in the Hunter Valley.
China closing 150 gold mines
Top gold producing country wants to modernize and consolidate its mining industry.
China’s coal consumption keeps plummeting, down for 3rd year in a row
Coal accounted for 62% of the nation’s energy mix last year, down from 64% in 2015.
Canada’s Saskatchewan and Manitoba are the world's new top mining destinations
Both provinces displaced Western Australia from the first to the third place thanks partly to their rich mineral reserves, competitive tax regimes, efficient permitting procedures, and certainty surrounding environmental regulations.
US Lithium to mine for copper, nickel, cobalt in Canada’s Saskatchewan
The Gochagar Lake project, until now property of Diamond Hunter, consists of four claims covering 3,759 hectares located in northern Saskatchewan.
Mining exploration spending drops to 11-year low
Miners and explorers are only spending a third of what they did four years ago – and proportion of greenfield exploration are at record lows.
Vale swings back into the black on soaring iron ore prices
The world's No.1 iron-ore producer recorded a net profit of $3.98 billion in 2016, a significant recovery from a loss of $12.13 billion it reported a year earlier.
Glencore’s profit soars on commodities rebound
A surge in commodity prices combined with its multibillion-dollar asset fire-sale has put the company in a position to pay big dividends and explore acquisitions.
Global steel production is surging in 2017
Up 7% year on year across all regions, supporting rally in iron ore and rebound in coking coal prices.
BHP Billiton back into the black, pays higher-than-expected dividend
Net profit was $3.2bn for the six months to December 31, compared with a loss of $5.7bn in the same period a year earlier.
China leading the charge for lithium-ion megafactories
As exciting as Tesla's Gigafactory 1 project is, it’s actually just one of multiple large-scale “megafactories” being built – with many of them being in China.
North Korea lights fire under coking coal price
The totalitarian state is the number three supplier to China of the steelmaking raw material.
China won't buy any more North Korean coal this year
The economic noose is being tightened around North Korea's neck after the pariah regime ignored a United Nations resolution by testing a missile last week.
