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.

June 12, 2018

China boasts world’s highest sales volume of electric vehicles

China now has the fastest development of EVs in the global market.

June 11, 2018

Australia’s Port Hedland iron ore shipments to China rise 2.4 pct in May

Iron ore shipments from the world's biggest export terminal rose to 45 million tonnes in May from 42.6 million tonnes in the previous month.

June 11, 2018

China’s Inner Mongolia to close 22 small coal mines this year

Inner Mongolia expects to complete a 2020 target of cutting 54.14 million tonnes by 2018.

June 11, 2018

Cobalt battery boom wavers as prices slide in top user China

A lull in purchasing by battery makers suggests the market is not yet short of supply.

June 8, 2018

Billionaire schools teacher in NAFTA talks

How did we get here and what does this ratcheted-up trade war mean for Canada, the United States and investors?