January 29, 2024 Column: Iron ore price rally built on more than just China optimism Iron ore is having a strong start to the year, with rising prices and robust imports by China.
January 27, 2024 Chinese engineers are keeping Russia’s metal furnaces firing A $840-million coking plant in the steel town of Magnitogorsk is being built by a Chinese engineering giant and hundreds of Chinese workers.
January 27, 2024 Chinese companies to invest up to $7bn in Congo mining infrastructure Sinohydro Corp and China Railway Group will invest up to $7 billion in infrastructure projects as part of an agreement over their Sicomines copper and cobalt JV in the DRC.
January 26, 2024 REEs used in medical field pollute wastewater, spur superbugs Pollution from environmental rare earth elements has increased and has implications for the development of superbugs.
January 25, 2024 Copper market a ‘powder keg’ ready to explode, says Friedland "We think copper is making a bottom. I'd be willing to wager on $9,500/tonne before you go down to $7,500," he said.
January 25, 2024 Fortescue to work with China officials to clear iron ore shipments Two iron ore cargoes from the world's No.4 supplier were facing unusual customs delays at north China's Caofeidian port.
January 23, 2024 Gahcho Kué diamond sales fall on weaker demand Revenue declined to $243.7 million from 2.7 million carats sold at an average value of $90 per carat.
January 23, 2024 Winners of China’s 2023 coal-buying bonanza face a tougher year Imports surged 62% in 2023 to an unprecedented 474 million tons as the government supplemented record production at home.
January 23, 2024 Iron ore climbs to over one-week high as China pledges to stabilize market The most-traded May iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 1.42% higher.
January 22, 2024 China, in comic strip, warns of ‘overseas’ threats to its rare earths China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am