January 14, 2020 Australian Vanadium signs agreement with Chinese steelmaker AVL signed a letter of intent with Hebei Yanshan Vanadium and Titanium Industry Technology Research.
January 14, 2020 Iron price gains as China imports leap to over 1 billion tonnes December cargo volumes highest since September 2018 as Beijing's economic stimulus pays off.
January 14, 2020 Vale mulls raising stake in power generation company Vale is a majority owner in Aliança Energia with a 55% stake.
January 13, 2020 BHP says Westpac chairman will not stand for re-election on its board Lindsay Maxsted remain a member of the board, and on the risk and audit committees until the 2020 annual general meeting.
January 13, 2020 INFOGRAPHIC: The periodic table of commodity returns Today’s visualization compares individual commodity returns between 2010 and 2019.
January 13, 2020 Ferrexpo full-year production drops marginally as demand wanes Steel demand in China is expected to fall 0.6% in 2020.
January 13, 2020 South Africa’s mining industry calls for action to end power crisis Analysts say the government needs to procure more generating capacity fast.
January 10, 2020 US to impose sanctions on Iran’s metal exports and leaders The administration first prepared the sanctions in December, before tensions escalated between the US and Iran.
January 10, 2020 Brazil plans to allow mining in Amazonian indigenous reserves The Brazilian constitution permits the extraction of raw materials from the reserves but a lack of regulation has resulted in widespread wildcat mining across the region.
January 10, 2020 As metal trade shrinks, exchanges fight back with new products It was a year to forget for many of the base metals with copper, aluminium, zinc and lead closing out 2019 little changed from year-start levels.
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