June 17, 2018 Wall Street builds immunity to trade war rhetoric So far, Trump has taken little action beyond tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum on imports from China, the European Union and other countries.
June 15, 2018 Trump trade war blows up big week for mining majors A week choc-a-bloc with billion dollar copper, iron ore and cobalt deals ends with huge drop in prices and sell-off in stocks of mining's biggest names.
June 15, 2018 China’s issues guidelines on foreign investment measures China's State Council issued guidelines on Friday for previously announced measures easing restrictions on foreign investment.
June 14, 2018 Germany’s Heraeus to open $100 mln precious metals recycling plant in China China is the world's biggest car market and produces only a fraction of the platinum and palladium it consumes.
June 14, 2018 China urges US to make ‘wise choice’ on trade tariffs Trump is due to unveil revisions to his initial tariff list targeting $50 billion of Chinese goods on Friday.
June 14, 2018 Iron ore price: BHP adds high-grade, lump ore for just $42 a tonne BHP building $3.4B mine amid surging lump premiums, high-grade fines prices up 30% in a year, is latest indicator iron ore is once again a mining cash cow.
June 14, 2018 US electric car sector, wary of China, seeks more domestic lithium China is home to the majority of the world's lithium processing facilities and sucks up most output of top producer Australia.
June 13, 2018 China wants more high-grade iron ore? Not according to the import data: Russell There may be a slight problem with the prevailing theme for the iron ore market this year, namely that China is increasingly interested in using higher-grade ore as part of…
June 12, 2018 China’s Tsinghua University unit to buy aluminium firm for $3.7bn Tianshan has annual aluminium smelting capacity of 1.4 million tonnes.
June 12, 2018 Australia takes over Chile as world’s No.1 lithium producer It produced 4,600 tonnes of lithium more than Chile in 2017 boosted mainly by record output at Mt Cattlin and Mt Marion mines.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am