March 9, 2021

Gradual recovery of aerospace sector to aid titanium market – report

Roskill predicts a medium-term recovery of the titanium market aided by fleet renewal.

March 9, 2021

AVZ Minerals secures second agreement for spodumene

AVZ said the second offtake agreement with the Chinese lithium products maker was for the supply of up to 180,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate per year from it's Manono Lithium…

March 8, 2021

Copper price up as Chinese imports surge

China's copper imports rose 4.7% for the first two months of 2021 over last year.

March 8, 2021

Xi’s green drive heralds speedy end to aluminum’s era of plenty

China’s climate policy is poised to do what years of international pressure couldn’t -- halt the growth of the world’s biggest aluminum industry.

March 8, 2021

This is how China plans to be greener by 2025

The country plans to reduce carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 18% through 2025.

March 8, 2021

Ganfeng joins China Minmetals lithium salt lake project for $225m

The move will give Ganfeng, one of the world's top producers of lithium chemicals used in EV batteries, its first salt lake asset in China.

March 8, 2021

China Jan-Feb rare earth exports up nearly 30% y/y

Exports from China totalled 7,068 tonnes in January and February combined.

March 7, 2021

China Jan-Feb iron ore imports up 2.8% on healthy demand

Demand for the steelmaking ingredient was supported by a firm consumption outlook.

March 5, 2021

EV rollout will require huge investments in strained US power grids

During several days of brutal cold in Texas, the city of Austin saw its fleet of 12 new electric buses rendered inoperative by a statewide power outage.

March 5, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.