April 2, 2019 Iron ore prices shift structurally higher on Vale woes Iron ore prices in China reached a record high on Tuesday as market participants wrestled two dilemmas, namely the weather-related disruptions from Australia and the safety outages in Brazil.
April 1, 2019 Commodities’ best quarter since 2016 is tough act to follow Commodities had their best quarter in almost three years, but demand outlook is running into troubling signs in the U.S. and China, the two biggest consumers.
March 31, 2019 Government officials call for output control at Chinese steel mills Profits are being squeezed by rising raw material prices, largely caused by production disruptions at Vale SA after the Brumardinho disaster.
March 31, 2019 Seven killed in China plant explosion; second deadly blast this month Sunday's blast involved a container of scrap metal that exploded in the outdoor yard of a metal-molding plant.
March 29, 2019 China’s Chalco leapfrogs Rusal as 2nd-biggest listed aluminium producer Chalco said on Friday it boosted annual aluminium output by 16 percent in 2018.
March 27, 2019 Jiangxi Copper 2018 profit rises 52.4% on hedging gain The Nanchang-based company posted net income of 2.45 billion yuan for last year, up from 1.61 billion yuan in 2017.
March 26, 2019 China boosts coal mining capacity despite climate pledges China added 194 million tonnes of coal mining capacity in 2018 despite vows to eliminate excess capacity in the sector and to reduce fossil fuel consumption.
March 25, 2019 China’s Feb coking coal imports from Australia fall 21% Australian imports were at 1.16 million tonnes last month, compared to 1.47 million tonnes in February 2018.
March 22, 2019 China dumped steel wheels on U.S. market — Commerce Dept U.S. imports of steel wheels from China were valued at $388 million in 2017.
March 21, 2019 Tug-of-war: China’s steel sector grapples short-term bulls, longer-term bears China's steel sector is currently locked in a struggle between largely bearish longer-term structural factors and short-term cyclical influences, some of which are bullish.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
