July 15, 2024 Seabed mining regulator meets amid mounting pressure for code Meeting is considered pivotal for the UN body, expected to finalize its decade-long effort to enact regulations by 2025.
July 14, 2024 Liontown signs new deal to supply spodumene to China The short-term deal is to ship 100,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Beijing Sinomine over 10 months.
July 14, 2024 Column: After another boom and bust, where next for lithium? There was a similar boom-bust cycle in 2016-2017 but the difference this time is that no-one seems to be expecting a speedy recovery.
July 12, 2024 Iron ore price heads for weekly fall on profit-taking ahead of key China meeting Iron ore prices are expected to remain under pressure from dwindling demand in the short term.
July 12, 2024 Weak market for critical minerals seen dampening Western efforts to counter China Lithium price has tumbled by more than 80% since the beginning of 2023.
July 11, 2024 Chinese deep-sea mining vehicle reaches 4,000m depth in trial run The "Kaituo 2" successfully completed an experiment in the Pacific Ocean that demonstrated technological advances China has made in the field of deep-sea mining.
July 11, 2024 Nearby copper price hit by weak China demand, warehouse surplus Industry sources say the reason behind record high contangos is climbing costs of financing metals fuelled by higher interest rates.
July 11, 2024 Zambia says China’s JCHX will invest $300m in Lubambe copper mine Some of the investment will go toward sinking a new shaft at Lubambe over the next two to five years.
July 11, 2024 Iron ore price swings higher as traders await Beijing policy signals The steelmaking material rallied as much as 3.6% in Singapore on Thursday, following days of fluctuations.
July 11, 2024 China pauses new coal-based steelmaking for first time in years Greening the steel industry, China’s second largest source of carbon emissions at 15%, is a vital part of the country’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2060.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
