October 10, 2017 India’s Sept gold imports jump 31 pct on festive demand — GFMS Higher purchases by India, the world's second-biggest consumer, could lend support to global prices that are trading near their highest level in a week.
October 8, 2017 Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China Of all the new coal generation expected to go online over the next decade, Chinese companies will build nearly half of it.
October 6, 2017 Russia takes advantage of China’s North Korea coal ban As North Korean imports of anthracite coal have waned with sanctions, those from Russia have soared.
October 6, 2017 Asia gold-transparency law and smuggling take shine off festival season India's recent restrictions on the industry and increased smuggling took the sheen off the bullion market heading into the peak festival season.
October 6, 2017 Freeport pressed to give most of Grasberg copper-gold mine to Indonesia ASAP Freeport agreed in August to divest a 51% stake in Grasberg to local interests in return for full operational control until 2041 plus fiscal and legal guarantees, but a final…
October 6, 2017 In the heart of China’s coal country, a city bans most coal The ban took effect from Sunday and restricts most companies and individuals from selling, transporting or burning coal in the urban area of Taiyuan.
October 5, 2017 Plans to restart giant Bougainville mine stall as operating rights battle rages Plans to reopen one of the world's biggest copper mines, shut by a civil war on the Pacific Island of Bougainville in 1989, have run into trouble.
October 5, 2017 Graphite seeing some upward movement The graphite market has shown its first sign of life in a few years with some upward price pressure.
October 5, 2017 Vanadium: the energy storage metal Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are fairly unique in the battery world.
October 5, 2017 Indonesian exports 1.49m wmt of nickel ore by end-Sept The ministry resumed exports of unprocessed minerals earlier this year and had started to roll out exports quotas in April.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
