March 20, 2019

Zinc price builds on 2019 rally as stocks reach just 2 days consumption

Inventories are down 55% this year and are on course to reach levels last seen in 1990.

March 19, 2019

Chinese iron ore prices gain for sixth day on Vale disruptions

The most-traded iron ore contract for May delivery on the Dalian Commodity Exchange closed up 0.2% at $94.66 a tonne.

March 19, 2019

Top Philippine nickel miner says 2019 ore sales steady, exports to China to fall

Nickel Asia accounts for about half of the nickel ore output in the world's second-biggest supplier of the metal.

March 18, 2019

Russian diamond miner Alrosa wants controlling stake to mine in Zimbabwe

Alrosa will assess Zimbabwe's diamond reserves over the next six months but would only start mining if it can take a majority stake in such a project.

March 18, 2019

Chinese go-slow on Australian coal imports may be starting to show

Chinese coal traders are reported to have cut back on buying from Australia after the length of time taken by customs to clear cargoes reportedly doubled.

March 15, 2019

China Jan-Feb refined copper output rises 6.3% year-over-year — stats bureau

Output reached 1.34 million tonnes, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

March 14, 2019

Russia, China to buy 10% in Onexim Group’s mining company

Intergeo, a part of Onexim Group, is developing Russia's second largest nickel deposit and one of Russia's top-5 copper reserves.

March 13, 2019

China becomes world’s biggest importer of rare earths – analysts

For least seven key rare earths - including praseodymium, used in magnets, and yttrium, used in ceramics - China was a net importer in 2018 for the first time in…

March 13, 2019

Mining’s dirty secret faces a climate reckoning

Producing a single metric ton of steel in a blast furnace typically releases around 2.3 tons of carbon dioxide, not much less than you’d get from burning a ton of…

March 13, 2019

Malaysia puts bauxite mining ban on hold until impact studies completed

Miners wishing to resume operations or start new ones must conduct a study on the environmental impact of their activities before receiving licences.