April 30, 2012 Worldwide steel consumption growth to drop this year The World Steel Association is cutting its forecasts for global use of the commodity by 1.8% this year, as China - the world’s biggest consumer of steel- has slowed down…
April 30, 2012 Japanese joining Indians, Chinese as major gold buyers According to Michael Lombardi, lead contributor to Profit Confidential, there is mounting evidence of large amounts of buying in the gold market by India, China and now, Japan.
April 28, 2012 Vale makes most bullish iron ore comments yet. $180 a tonne anyone? “There is a new level of prices for iron ore globally,” Tito Martins, Vale CFO tells analysts in a conference call Friday.
April 26, 2012 We need to talk about how rare earth prices are imploding Declines in Chinese rare earth export prices coming off 2011's record highs have been stark. But this year some light REEs have halved again and some heavies are now almost…
April 25, 2012 Rio Tinto finalizes Guinea JV with Chinese aluminum giant Anglo-Australian diversified miner Rio Tinto announced today it has completed the formation of its joint venture with a group led by China's Chalco, subsidiary of state-owned aluminum giant Chinalco, to…
April 25, 2012 First hospital to treat black lung disease opens in China A disease all-too-familiar to early coal miners from Europe and North America has found its way to China- where technology for making coalming safer is still decades behind the West.
April 25, 2012 Rare earth juniors have a five-year window: John Kaiser In 1992 in the junior mining sector, nobody was paying attention to diamonds. Then Lac de Gras was discovered. Within four years, there were 200 diamond exploration companies. Twenty years…
April 24, 2012 Coal seen rebounding as China sets steel output record Coking coal prices are set to rebound as early as July from four straight quarterly declines as China and India seek raw material overseas to fire new steel production in…
April 23, 2012 China’s moves to stop REE price declines ‘likely to fail’ Rare earth metals consultants TRU Group said on Monday that recent attempts by Chinese suppliers to stem sharp declines in prices since the third quarter of 2011 is "likely to…
April 23, 2012 Coal mine accident kills 9 in north China Nine miners were killed and 16 others injured in a coal mine accident in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region as the rescue wrapped up late Monday, officials said.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
