August 19, 2024

Chinese copper exports fall from record as local demand rebounds

Exports of unwrought copper and products fell 40% from June to 140,940 tons, according to customs data on Sunday.

August 19, 2024

Physical buyers win battle for copper market as funds retreat

Investors fleeing the copper market are likely to be sidelined for many months, leaving the field clear for physical players.

August 18, 2024

World’s biggest steel producer warns of ‘severe’ industry crisis

Conditions in China’s steel sector are like a “harsh winter” that will be “longer, colder and more difficult to endure than we expected,” Baowu Steel's chairman said.

August 18, 2024

Diversification from China leaves $85bn gap in copper supply chain, warns WoodMac

China currently controls 97% of global smelting and refining capacity, contributing over 3 million tonnes of production.

August 16, 2024

Lithium Argentina shares rise as Ganfeng takes project stake

The Pastos Grandes project is a lithium brine development located in the same basin as Ganfeng Lithium’s Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes project.

August 16, 2024

Visualizing the growth of Chinese copper miners

Chinese miners are set to overtake major producers by 2025.

August 16, 2024

Chinalco said to eye stake in biggest Philippine copper mine

Aluminum Corp. of China is considering investing in what is set to be the Philippines’ largest gold and copper mine.

August 15, 2024

China to limit antimony exports in latest critical mineral curbs

China accounted last year for 48% of global mined output of antimony.

August 15, 2024

Iron ore price hits over 14-month low on weak China property data

Property investment in China fell 10.2% in the first seven months from a year earlier.

August 14, 2024

Video: ‘Grade smearing’ the top industry disclosure flaw, Brent Cook says

Retail investors can struggle to make sense of drill results, but some junior mining explorers make things worse with misleading reporting practices that inflate the value of their projects, industry…