October 23, 2021

China’s steel group says must ensure supply, control price in volatile market

China's daily crude steel output in September fell to the lowest since December 2018.

October 22, 2021

Commodity boom at risk as supporting factors fade, Fitch says

The pace of global industrial production growth is falling “quite swiftly” after an impressive spike in demand for durable goods during lockdowns.

October 22, 2021

EU in talks with China to avoid “catastrophic” magnesium crunch

China supplies the block with about 95% of the silvery-white metal used to make aluminum alloys for auto parts.

October 22, 2021

Apple’s talks with Chinese battery makers mostly stalled

CATL and BYD informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements.

October 22, 2021

Zijin opens Serbia’s largest copper mine

The Cukaru Peki upper zone of the Timok copper and gold project is part of Serbia's only copper mining complex.

October 22, 2021

Shanghai aluminum at over 1-month low as coal prices drop

China’s thermal coal futures plunged and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices.

October 22, 2021

Copper price down on China’s move to cool coal market

On-warrant LME stocks, those not earmarked for delivery, have tumbled by over 90% since mid-August.

October 22, 2021

China coal prices notch worst week since May on govt intervention

China has been pushing coal miners to ramp up output and hiking imports so power stations can rebuild stockpiles before winter.

October 21, 2021

Inside China’s desperate race to resolve its energy crisis

For more than a month, energy shortages have rippled through China’s manufacturing centers for steel, aluminum and cement, and prices of coal.

October 21, 2021

Dalian iron ore price tumbles on slow China manufacturing

Steel consumption is still slow in the short term as recent power rationing has hurt manufacturing activities in the world's second-largest economy.