July 9, 2021 Iron ore price drops on steel output control worries Benchmark iron ore futures in China tumbled on Friday and logged their fourth straight weekly fall.
July 9, 2021 Copper price rises as dollar retreats Copper prices ticked up on Friday as the US dollar pulled back from a three-month high.
July 9, 2021 Chinese battery maker EVE to invest in lithium production EVE, based in Huizhou in southern China, said in an exchange filing it planned to take 28.1% equity in Jinkulun Lithium Industry Co, which makes lithium metal in China.
July 8, 2021 Elon Musk’s China battery partner is now richer than Jack Ma Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL, has overtaken Alibaba co-founder in the wealth rankings, a symbolic moment in the rise of China’s green billionaires.
July 8, 2021 Iron ore price retreats as steel production cuts spark demand concerns A major steel producer in eastern China had been urged to idle its blast furnaces after a central government inspection, according to Reuters.
July 7, 2021 Copper price jumps after China’s auction fetches $10,500 per tonne More sales will be arranged in the near term to ensure market stability, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration said in a statement.
July 7, 2021 Home: Forgotten tin tops energy transition metals leader-board Copper may grab the supercycle headlines but it’s the tiny tin market that outperformed all other base metals in the first half of this year.
July 7, 2021 China’s state metals reserves auctioned off in double-quick time The first round of China’s much-anticipated state metal reserves auctions needed only one of two days allotted for all the copper and aluminum on offer to be sold.
July 7, 2021 China to sell more metals from reserves to ensure stable prices China is releasing metal from state stockpiles as part of its campaign to restrain prices after factory inflation in May hit its highest level in 13 years.
July 7, 2021 Climate-change impacts of graphite production higher than reported — study London-based consultancy Minviro says the true climate change impacts of producing battery-grade graphite can be as much as 10 times higher than published values.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
