November 11, 2025 Lithium watchers shift focus from supply fears to storage demand The growing confidence in demand for energy storage systems, or ESS, comes amid policy incentives, improving economics and expansion plans.
November 11, 2025 Column: China’s major commodity imports ease, except for iron ore Crude oil, natural gas, copper and coal all showed declines from September.
November 10, 2025 Booming gold prices are hiding China’s deflationary pain for now The rally is having an outsized impact on China even though the weighting of gold and platinum jewelry in the consumer basket is less than 1%.
November 10, 2025 The shipping mogul who carved a route to China’s African mining prize Former merchant seaman opens access to Guinea’s vast untapped iron ore with a 370-mile cross-country railway.
November 10, 2025 Iron ore price hits multi-month lows as China demand concerns linger Prices were supported by lower global shipments, which slipped to the lowest level in two months.
November 10, 2025 Guinea to fast-track alumina, iron ore processing, minister says Guinea ships about 60% of its bauxite to China, while a third of iron ore produced by the Simandou mine is destined for Chinese mills.
November 10, 2025 Codelco-SQM lithium deal clears last major hurdle after China greenlight Codelco and SQM planned to form a joint venture for lithium production in the Atacama salt flats.
November 10, 2025 Vale gearing up to meet Indian demand as China steel output stagnates, CEO says The capacity of India's steel producers is likely to double to around 300 million tons in the next five to seven years, CEO Gustavo Pimenta said.
November 9, 2025 Column: Gold price rally looks huge, but only ranks third in last 50 years The current rally is actually well behind the price increases recorded in the late 1970s and again in the 2000-2011 uptrend.
November 9, 2025 China lifts export ban on gallium, germanium and antimony to US The Chinese commerce ministry said the suspension of its 2024 export curbs will take place until Nov. 27, 2026.
Gold and silver prices stumble at the end of best year since the 1970s Both metals are on track for their best year since 1979. December 31, 2025 | 12:59 pm
