September 6, 2022

Rio Tinto CEO meets top executives at new Chinese ore-buying company

Chinese state-owned agency was created with the aim of centralizing the country's iron ore purchases.

September 6, 2022

Compounds that promote vegetation diversity key to ecological restoration in open-pit coal mine dumps

Researchers find interesting restoration results at the Antaibao open-pit coal mine.

September 5, 2022

Iron ore price climbs after selloffs spurred by China covid woes

The most-traded January iron ore on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange ended daytime trade 4% higher.

September 5, 2022

BYD jumps to No. 2 in global electric car battery market

The year-to-date market share rankings were unchanged, with CATL top with 34.7% of the market.

September 5, 2022

Heavy China platinum imports spur shortages elsewhere, WPIC says

Lease rates for platinum peaked at around 10% in May, higher than at the peak of the pandemic.

September 4, 2022

How machine learning can help identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits

Two novel machine learning techniques are able to identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits by characterizing magma fertility.

September 2, 2022

Copper price rises despite China lockdowns, recession fears

Price was supported by slow growth in American jobs in August.

September 1, 2022

Metals rout deepens as China lockdowns add to growth fears

A wave of risk aversion hit markets on Thursday, dragging copper down to near a one-month low.

September 1, 2022

Iron ore price down as China’s covid, property woes weigh

Nearly 70 Chinese cities reported declines in new home prices last month.

September 1, 2022

China copper giant wins banks’ backing amid liquidity woes

Lenders have agreed to provide credit support to Maike, including extensions on existing loans, the company said in a statement.