July 5, 2021

Ranked: The top 20 metals and mining billionaires

Although tech and bank CEOs get all the limelight, eight of the 100 richest people in the world are in the metals and mining industry.

July 5, 2021

Iron ore price jumps as Tangshan mills resume production

Steel output at some producers was restricted due to the Chinese Communist Party's 100th anniversary and environmental-related policies.

July 5, 2021

Huge methane leak spotted in heart of China’s top coal hub

Details captured in European Space Agency satellite data show the plume about 90 kilometers (56 miles) east of Shanxi’s capital Taiyuan, in Yangquan City.

July 2, 2021

Iron ore price down on China steel output curbs

China will have to cut steel output by more than 50 million tonnes in the final six months of 2021 to meet its carbon emissions targets.

July 2, 2021

China’s first exchange-traded lithium contract to launch on July 5

China's Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange said trading in its new lithium contract would begin next week.

July 2, 2021

Antofagasta secures copper supply deals with China smelters

The Chilean miner and China Copper, Jiangxi Copper, Tongling Nonferrous and Jinchuan Group are said to have reached early deals.

July 1, 2021

Commodity traders make billions as oil, copper, battery metals prices rise

For the first time since the pre-crisis years before 2008, the commodities boom means central banks are fretting about inflation.

June 30, 2021

Strong gold and copper growth forecasts as covid disruptions subside – report

Global gold mine production will grow at the fastest rate in three years in 2021.

June 30, 2021

Dalian iron ore price set for seventh straight quarterly gain

China is pausing industrial activity to clear air pollution ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebration later this week.

June 30, 2021

Copper price set for smallest quarterly gain since March 2020

China curbs and expectations of sooner-than-anticipated policy tightening in the United States have pressured prices.