June 20, 2025 Column: China’s iron ore imports rise even as steel struggles China, which buys about 75% of global seaborne iron ore, is expected to import almost 110 million metric tons of the key steel raw material.
June 19, 2025 Xi’s giant iron ore trader is shaking up a $130 billion market China Mineral Resources Group is transforming a market that has been a thorn in the side of Chinese leaders for 15 years.
June 19, 2025 World’s most profitable nickel plants face cost challenge The price of sulfur, a chemical used to produce acid, has more than tripled in price over the past year.
June 19, 2025 China copper smelters match record as foreign rivals falter Output of refined copper in May matched the previous month’s all-time high of 1.254 million tons.
June 19, 2025 Rare earth access is the European Union’s priority at China summit Automakers have said China's export restrictions on rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays.
June 18, 2025 China’s rare earth exports slump in May as magnet sales curbed May’s export volume of rare earth products fell by 61% from a year earlier to 2,117 tons, the lowest level since February 2020.
June 18, 2025 Retired coal mines can give a boost to solar energy — report Abandoned coal mines from this decade could host 288 GW of solar panels, surpassing Germany's total power plants on unused land.
June 17, 2025 Tanking China coking coal market gets respite after output halts Chinese coking coal futures have staged a rare recovery this month, with the latest gains driven by temporary halts to production in the mining hub of Shanxi.
June 17, 2025 Central banks see further gold accumulation, de-dollarization: WGC survey An overwhelming number of central banks said they see official gold reserves continuing to rise over the next 12 months.
June 17, 2025 Rare earth boss sees ‘long, hard process’ to loosen China’s grip Western rare earth processing years away, says ex-Molycorp CEO.
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