December 18, 2011 China unlikely to hit nuclear power target If the uranium industry was hoping that China would be the tide that floats all boats, it will have to wait longer than expected.
December 18, 2011 Shenhua invests $21b to produce alumina from coal ash China Shenhua Group, the country's largest coal producer, on Sunday kicked off construction on a project capable of producing alumina from coal ash, a waste byproduct of thermal power generation.
December 18, 2011 Chinese still buying gold big time – huge imports in October China’s gold purchase from Hong Kong hit 85.7 tons in October Mainland China’s gold purchase from Hong Kong hit 85.7 tons in October, from September’s 57 tons, according to Hong…
December 18, 2011 China Development Bank loans millions to Kazakhstan copper company China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's three policy banks, has signed two agreements with Kazak copper giant Kazakhmys PLC, granting the mine and refinery operator 1.34 billion U.S.…
December 15, 2011 Shanghai copper set for longest losing streak in more than 2 yrs Copper prices in Shanghai fell for a sixth day on Thursday and are headed for their longest losing streak in more than two years, on the back of deepening euro…
December 14, 2011 Coal demand to grow by 600,000 tonnes a day over the next five years, says IEA Global demand and prices for coal will continue to expand aggressively over the next five years despite public calls for reducing reliance on the high-carbon fuel as a primary energy…
December 14, 2011 Iron ore inventories dip in China Inventories of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports dipped 0.75 percent week-on-week to 99.6 million metric tons in the week ending on December 12, according to the Xinhua-China Iron…
December 13, 2011 Chinese still buying gold big time -huge imports in October Chinese citizens continue to buy gold in record volumes with October the fourth successive record month for imports via Hong Kong
December 13, 2011 China produces its first automated mining locomotive According to a report in China's state-run news agency Xinhua, the country's first unmanned mining train has been produced at a factory in central China's Hunan Province. The train's transmission…
December 10, 2011 Coal freight rate stabilises at Qinhuangdao port Ending a nine week downward trend, freight rates for coal cargo vessel from China's Qinhuangdao port to its southern ports stabilized this week, a port release said.
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