April 22, 2019

America is under China’s thumb … and Russia’s, too

The US is beholden to China for 20 commodities on the US government’s critical minerals list.

April 22, 2019

China’s green light on coal power won’t trigger new plant boom

More than 10 regions will be freed of their overcapacity tag in 2022, clearing a hurdle for them to resume building coal-fired plants.

April 19, 2019

Lithium use in electric cars sold around the world surges 76%

Shifting battery chemistries sees lithium deployment outpace global electric car sales volume growth – report.

April 19, 2019

The $18 billion electric car bubble at risk of bursting in China

There are now 486 EV manufacturers registered in China.

April 19, 2019

Chinese iron ore records biggest weekly fall since November

A tropical cyclone hit Western Australia in late March, causing operation disruptions and port damages that would affect some 25m tonnes of iron ore production.

April 18, 2019

China Hongqiao to restart shuttered aluminium capacity in replacement plan

The world's biggest aluminium producer will this year restart some of the smelting facilities it was forced to shut in 2017.

April 17, 2019

Copper price jumps to 9-month high on red-hot China data

Measure of industrial output surges to five-year high in March.

April 17, 2019

China’s Tianqi taps ‘safe choices’ for board of top lithium miner SQM

Tianqi's official board nominations will take place on April 25 at a shareholders meeting in Santiago.

April 16, 2019

China’s Fujian launches plant for high nickel battery materials

The first phase of a 40,000-tonne per year battery cathode material project in China's Fujian province has been put into production.

April 16, 2019

How central bank gold buying is undermining the dollar

The reason for central banks’ recent gold accumulations has little to do with safe havens and a lot to do with chipping away at the US dollar’s role as the…