December 9, 2021 Five charts ask if mining is in a supercycle, one screams no The green energy transition necessitate massive new investments in mining, but how does today’s boom stack up to the aughts?
December 9, 2021 Copper price down on cooling China growth, firmer dollar Prices are up 20% this year while a wider index of industrial metals is up nearly 30%.
December 9, 2021 Tsingshan starts producing EV battery raw material nickel matte in Indonesia In the past two weeks, two other Chinese companies have both announced plans to produce 40,000 tonnes per year of matte in Indonesia.
December 9, 2021 China steps up overseas hunt for ore needed to make aluminum Some 49% of China’s alumina capacity will be fed by overseas bauxite next year, up from 47% in 2021 and 30% in 2015.
December 7, 2021 Copper price up as China imports rise Arrivals of unwrought copper and products stood at 510,402 tonnes last month, higher than 410,541 tonnes in October but still down 9.1% from a year earlier.
December 7, 2021 Iron ore price rockets as China imports hit highest in 16 months The world's biggest consumer of iron ore brought in 104.96 million tonnes last month, up from October's 91.61 million.
December 6, 2021 November rebound in China’s key commodity imports may not last The energy crunch appears to be largely resolved, and demand for copper has responded in turn, writes Clyde Russell.
December 6, 2021 London nickel market tightens as China lifts imports nickel looks set to remain a tight market with the flow of metal into China transferring the tightness from Shanghai to London, writes Andy Home.
December 5, 2021 China will encourage listing of leading futures firms, to issue futures law China's commodities market had been volatile this year amid the uneven global economic recovery, easing liquidity and speculation.
December 3, 2021 Iron ore price up despite Chinese steel curbs "Impact from changes to the supply side on steel products prices is weakening," SinoSteel Futures wrote in a note.
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