July 26, 2024 Column: China’s run of robust thermal coal imports may ease One of the standout commodity stories so far this year has been China's demand for thermal coal, with the world's largest importer seeing record shipments.
July 25, 2024 Anglo American takes fresh $1.6bn writedown on UK fertilizer mine Charge weighed on the miner’s swinging to a loss and it comes amid a company overhaul that involves shedding four of its units.
July 24, 2024 South Africa mines lobby urges caution on minerals export tax A more than six-fold increase in electricity prices since 2008 and erratic power supply have negatively affected local processing.
July 22, 2024 Anglo American shrinks trading unit as part of major restructuring The miner also announced internally that it will no longer enter into long-term deals to buy commodities that it doesn’t already produce.
July 22, 2024 High returns lure wealthy investors to fund coal as banks exit Wealthy Australians are emerging as an important pool of capital for financing coal projects shunned by banks.
July 22, 2024 Amplats says on track to demerge in 2025, plans secondary London listing Amplats also said it had cut some 3,700 jobs to reduce spending ahead of the demerger.
July 21, 2024 Singaporean consortium secures $850m for South32’s Australian coking coal South32 said in February it had agreed to sell the business in New South Wales state for $1.65 billion.
July 18, 2024 Whitehaven Coal sees higher prices on disruptions The company's Blackwater and Daunia mines in Queensland, which it recently purchased from BHP, produced 4.8 million tonnes.
July 18, 2024 Column: China’s commodity import trend driven by prices, not economy China's imports of major commodities are often viewed through the prism of the performance of, and outlook for, the world's second-biggest economy.
July 16, 2024 BHP posts second straight year of record iron ore production, beats estimates The world's largest listed miner said iron ore output from Western Australia on a 100% basis was 76.8 million tonnes in the three months to June 30.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
