April 23, 2024

ESG Watch: Why climate change is leaving mining firms between a rock and a hard place

By 2050, the World Bank forecasts that demand for the metals and minerals used to produce the clean energy technologies will increase by almost 500%.

April 23, 2024

Copper price at risk of pullback as buying in China stalls after rally

Fabricators have struggled to pass on higher costs to their customers, forcing them to rein in purchases since March, one copper trader said.

April 23, 2024

Iron ore price slides to nearly one-week low on subdued Chinese steel market

Steel consumption was suppressed in the short term due to rainy weather in southern regions of China.

April 23, 2024

China loses appetite for Russian coal as import costs rise

Russian exports plunged 22% in the first quarter after Beijing imposed a tax regime that favors some of Russia’s rivals.

April 23, 2024

Sandvik buys majority stake in China-based Suzhou Ahno

Sandvik, which already owns a 12.4% stake, said it will through the deal raise its stake to 72.4%.

April 23, 2024

China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals

Norwegian risk assessment firm DNV said China's coal consumption will see a "minor uptick" in the next two years.

April 22, 2024

Chinese nickel billionaire boosts Australian miner in Indonesia

In under a decade, Nickel Industries Ltd. has gone from a relatively small miner to the world’s sixth-biggest producer of the metal.

April 22, 2024

Column: China’s strong iron ore imports diverge from weak steel output

China's first quarter imports of iron ore and its domestic production of the steel raw material both rose strongly, but output of crude steel fell.

April 22, 2024

Iron ore price weakens amid waning China stimulus hopes, high portside stocks

Iron ore futures prices ticked lower on Monday, weighed down by diminishing hopes of more stimulus in China.

April 22, 2024

Huayou cuts lithium production, costs on battery metals rout

The Chinese firm said its inventory levels for lithium products expanded by more than 3,900% last year.