Iron ore price rises as China cuts lending benchmarks
China’s property market crisis is testing whether central bank Governor Yi Gang can stick to his stimulus-lite strategy.
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Mexican mining industry expects investments to rise 15% in 2022
Mexico's mining industry plans to invest $5.5 billion in 2022.
Top Middle East aluminum producer posts record profit
Emirates Global, whose shareholders are considering an initial public offering, posted a record first-half profit as prices of the metal soared.
Two charts show copper price drop may have been overdone
Copper is China's only growing commodity import in 2022 as the country’s inventories drop 60% in a year and worldwide stocks decline to just 3.5 days consumption.
CATL profit surges as battery giant moves on from tough quarter
CATL’s Shenzhen-listed shares have gained about 50% since a low in May as the company ramps up global capacity.
China lithium prices near record as power cuts squeeze market
Sichuan, home to more than a fifth of China’s lithium production, extended industrial power cuts this week.
Russian diamonds are quietly flowing again after sanctions chaos
Alrosa is back selling more than $250 million of diamonds a month.
Electric car battery bottlenecks have a way of being worked out
Amid all the excitement about battery metal demand, prices for cobalt have plunged 40% from their highs earlier this year.
Boliden declares force majeure on zinc amid Norway strike
Swedish miner declared force majeure due to a strike among Norwegian electrochemical industry workers.