November 8, 2017

China’s Antaike says global nickel deficit to shrink in 2018

Global deficit in nickel supply to drop 53,000 tonnes in 2018 from 98,000 tonnes this year, partly due to recovery in Chinese production growth.

November 8, 2017

Copper, iron ore prices up despite plunge in Chinese imports

Copper cargoes drop more than 20% while iron ore shipments sink to one-and-a-half year lows.

November 7, 2017

Chinese battery maker CATL eyeing upstream cobalt investments

China needs to ease its reliance on the Democratic Republic of Congo.

November 6, 2017

31 Chinese cities with economies as big as countries

Gaining perspective on China’s monstrous economy isn’t always the easiest thing to do.

November 3, 2017

Asia gold-wedding bells set to ring in fresh demand in India

Gold is considered an essential part of weddings in India, second-biggest consumer of the metal in the world after China.

November 2, 2017

BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals

BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.

November 1, 2017

Rio Tinto throws its weight behind Africa as mining central

Africa largest untapped source of growth for industry and would provide huge opportunity, says Rio Tinto's chief executive of energy and minerals.

November 1, 2017

Gold demand from China picks up again

Total gold consumption, including jewellery and bullions but excluding the central bank’s purchases, rose 16% to 815.9 tonnes in the first nine months of the year.

October 31, 2017

More than 10 firms in the running for Codelco’s lithium assets — chairman

The state miner is seeking private-sector partners to develop and exploit its vast Maricunga and Pedernales deposits in the north of Chile.

October 30, 2017

China’s recyclers eye looming electric vehicle battery mountain

After years of dismantling discarded televisions and laptops, a Shanghai recycling plant is readying itself for a new wave of waste: piles of exhausted batteries from the surge of electric…