January 20, 2012 China’s copper output hits record 5.18 mln tons in 2011 China, the world's largest copper consumer, produced a record 5.18 million metric tons of copper last year, 14% more than in 2010, according to the latest statistics.
January 18, 2012 Due to European debt worries Oyu Tolgoi gets an additional US$1.8 billion shoring up Perceiving a cloudy future for world markets, Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE:IVN) announced that they had negotiated an additional US$1.8 billion bridge financing for Oyu Tolgoi.
January 18, 2012 China’s homegrown coal to lose favor China's domestically made coal may lose its competitive advantage to imported coal by 2015, prompting Chinese companies to step up purchases of foreign coal, according to a report by Wood…
January 18, 2012 Will China unleash more stimulus and boost gold prices? On Tuesday, China reported GDP growth of 8.9 percent in the last quarter of 2011, which is the slowest growth increase in more than two years.
January 18, 2012 BHP sees record iron ore output BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) (BLT.L), the world's biggest mining company, forecast record iron ore production this year after quarterly output jumped by a fifth, shrugging off predictions that growth in top…
January 17, 2012 New China system hopes to break iron ore monopoly China has launched a rival online iron ore trading platform it hopes will allow it to weaken the monopoly of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
January 17, 2012 Gold bounces to 5-week highs as euro, commodities gain Gold was up 1.1% at $1,662.40/oz on Tuesday, its highest climb in five weeks, as German economic data boosted the euro and stocks and commodities were lifted by Chinese trade…
January 17, 2012 Goldman Sachs reckons copper to be boosted by China growth pick-up Re-accelerating Chinese growth will make for better base metals markets - notably copper - say Goldman Sachs analysts
January 17, 2012 Commodities face twin macro risks in Europe, China, Morgan Stanley says Commodity markets face the “twin macro risks” of a European recession and a hard landing in China this year, according to Morgan Stanley.
January 16, 2012 Iron ore expected to fall in 2012 but majors keep cranking it out The market for iron ore is likely to soften this year but industry leaders Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are not pulling in production, betting that the slowdown in steelmaking…
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