November 19, 2018

China National Coal signs 5 year supply contracts with state utilities

China National Coal Group will supply in 2019 more than 97 million tonnes of coal to six utilities, with volumes rising in each subsequent year of the deals.

November 18, 2018

China’s fight against smog makes palladium 2018’s best metal

Palladium prices are shattering record highs.

November 16, 2018

Australia’s coal revival in full swing by 2019

The outlook for coal depends basically on the growth of electricity and steel production in Asia.

November 15, 2018

Sinking shipping gauge signals trouble for iron ore, coal price

Rates for dry bulk cargo carriers have collapsed 70% since August.

November 14, 2018

China plumbs ocean depths to extend its cobalt lead

China, the leading holder of international deep sea exploration licences, increases its lead in the race for alternative sources of battery minerals by taking samples from cobalt-bearing mountains deep in…

November 14, 2018

Chinese copper smelters look to mine investment to secure supply

China is the world's biggest consumer of the metal but its own copper mine production has been stagnating amid a broad crackdown on pollution, exacerbating a heavy reliance on imports.

November 11, 2018

Chinese vessel collects cobalt samples in the Pacific – Xinhua

The vessel performed a 138-day survey in the west Pacific.

November 9, 2018

China steel marks second weekly fall amid ample supply

The most actively traded rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed down 0.2 percent at 3,933 yuan ($566) a tonne, and lost 2.9 percent for the week.

November 9, 2018

Key festivals light up Indian demand

We were initially skeptical about Diwali demand but it jumped this week, despite higher prices - Harshad Ajmera, the proprietor of JJ Gold House

November 8, 2018

Abundant aluminium stocks and low prices conceal tight market

Aluminium is a metal key for the transport and packaging industries but at current prices about 40% of the world's aluminium production is losing money.