June 12, 2025 China to strengthen approval process of rare earth export applications China is willing to further enhance communication and dialogue on export control with relevant countries.
June 12, 2025 Column: Demand destruction can help break China’s rare earths chokehold Western automakers have chosen to ignore the historical precedent and doubled down on a technology that remains almost totally beholden to Beijing's export whims.
June 12, 2025 Infographic: Who controls the rare earths shaping the future? This graphic breaks down global extraction at the mine level.
June 11, 2025 China coal imports could drop by up to 100Mt in 2025, industry group says Coal imports were 8% lower in the five months to the end of May, official data showed.
June 11, 2025 From boom to bust: battery metal prices tumble as supply floods market Despite rising EV sales, the market fundamentals for lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite and recycled materials worsen.
June 11, 2025 Gold surpasses euro as second-largest reserve asset: European Central Bank Bullion made up about 20% of the global official reserves at the end of 2024, surpassing the euro's 16%, the ECB says in its annual report.
June 11, 2025 Trump confirms rare earth deal with China Officials will finalize the agreement once outbound materials begin flowing.
June 10, 2025 US, China reach framework deal to ease export restrictions Trade framework and implementation plan agreed with China in London should result in restrictions on rare earths and magnets being resolved.
June 10, 2025 Glencore drives drawdown of Russian copper sanctioned by UK The LME has reported the biggest drawdown of Russian copper from its network of warehouses since it started reporting the data in 2023.
June 10, 2025 Zimbabwe to ban export of lithium concentrates from 2027 Africa's top producer banned the export of lithium ore in 2022 and has been pushing miners to process more domestically.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
