July 13, 2012 Copper tops $3.50 after ‘significant pick-up’ in Chinese investment “We are looking for a small rebound in the third quarter and a bigger rebound in the fourth quarter.”
July 13, 2012 China Q2 growth slows to GFC levels The Chinese economy logged 7.6% of growth in the second quarter, falling beneath the 8% threshold for the first time in three years, and hitting its lowest level since the…
July 12, 2012 Chinese thermal coal prices see longest losing streak in four years Market pressure from high inventories and a flood of cheap overseas supply, as well as the lackluster performance of the Chinese economy were to blame for sending the average price…
July 12, 2012 First iron ore, now rare earths: China to launch physical trading platform The exchange will be located in Baotou city in Inner Mongolia region, which is home to nearly half the world's light rare-earth output.
July 12, 2012 Woulfe signs memorandum of understanding (MoU) for KRW120 billion (US$104 million) debt financing with Korea’s largest bank Woulfe and its subsidiary, Sangdong Mining, executed a deal with Shinhan Bank for a 12-year term loan amounting to $104 Million for the development of the Sangdong tungsten-Molybdenum project.
July 11, 2012 China blocks WTO rare earths arbitration as US critical minerals bill goes to a vote "Passage of this legislation is an important step toward recovering the 22,000 rare earth-related jobs the U.S. has lost since the 1980s.”
July 11, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7 Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach…
July 10, 2012 China data upsets markets, gold Worries about China and the possibility of a hard landing weighed on markets and commodities.
July 9, 2012 China still growing says Alcoa Despite concerns that China may be slowing—or worse—aluminum giant Alcoa still sees robust demand in China for its products and pegs growth at 11% this year.
July 8, 2012 Rarest element in REE debate is rationality News from unnamed sources that quoted unnamed analysts that China has started stockpiling rare earths had the industry buzzing this week.
Lithuania may sign minerals deal with US if EU moves too slowly For months, the US and its trading partners have worked toward a cooperation to wean their supply chains off China. February 13, 2026 | 04:24 pm
