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Alrosa says diamond sector “fully recovered” from pandemic hit

A structural production decline paired with growing end-user demand are pushing prices past levels reached in 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 19, 2021 | 9:02 am

Dalian iron ore price up on falling shipments from major suppliers

Iron ore shipments that departed from Australia and Brazil stood…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2021 | 8:41 am

Coal price tops $300/t in China as cold wave adds to energy crisis

The most-active contract on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange rose as…

Bloomberg News | October 18, 2021 | 9:22 pm

Wild markets gatecrash London Metal Exchange Week party

This year’s LME Week was a subdued affair by comparison…

Reuters | October 18, 2021 | 8:08 am

Natural, synthetic graphite needed by EV sector – report

Fastmarkets reports the exponential growth of the EV sector will…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2021 | 7:08 am

Australia says iron ore price expected to reach $150 by late 2021

The figure for 2022 has been revised downward, however.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 4, 2021 | 8:50 am

Coal price surges to record as global scramble for energy accelerates

Coal prices soared to their highest on record as China accelerated a global struggle for resources that has brought the dirtiest fossil fuel roaring back.

Bloomberg News | October 3, 2021 | 12:54 pm

China’s coal miners told to produce even if they’re over quotas

The country controls coal production under a quota system that caps annual output of mines in order to manage supply.

Bloomberg News | October 1, 2021 | 9:37 am

Russell: China’s coal crunch is self-inflicted, costly and temporary

China is paying a high price for policies that curbed domestic coal output and imports.

Reuters | October 1, 2021 | 8:14 am

Home: Scarcity keeps tin strapped to the roller coaster

Some alleviation of global supply-chain stresses is set to come in the unlikely form of China's power crunch.

Reuters | October 1, 2021 | 7:58 am

Li-ion battery recycling market to reach $31bn per year by 2040 — report

IDTechEx says that, in two decades, over 50% of the world's spent li-ion batteries will be recycled in China.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 1, 2021 | 6:06 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | September 30, 2021 | 12:00 pm

China orders top energy firms to secure supplies at all cost

Volatility in the energy markets is poised to intensify on the order from the central government, analyst says.

Bloomberg News | September 30, 2021 | 10:07 am

Iron ore price jumps as Fortescue halts Pilbara operations

The world’s no.4 iron ore miner halted operations at its Solomon Hub site after an employee died in a ground collapse.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 30, 2021 | 9:11 am

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Alrosa says diamond sector “fully recovered” from pandemic hit

Dalian iron ore price up on falling shipments from major suppliers

Coal price tops $300/t in China as cold wave adds to energy crisis

Wild markets gatecrash London Metal Exchange Week party

Natural, synthetic graphite needed by EV sector – report

Australia says iron ore price expected to reach $150 by late 2021

Coal price surges to record as global scramble for energy accelerates

China’s coal miners told to produce even if they’re over quotas

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