January 7, 2025

Nippon Steel’s thwarted bid sets up tougher rivalry with Chinese mills

Creating an entity to compete more effectively with China was touted as a key rationale behind the Japanese firm’s proposal to purchase US Steel.

January 7, 2025

Northern Graphite to restart mill, hike prices

The resumption is a week later than stated in October.

January 7, 2025

Are lab-grown diamonds too bling for their own good?

LGD prices are falling because their manufacturing costs also keep dropping, while slow demand is pulling down natural diamond prices.

January 7, 2025

Zijin plans lithium production in Congo from 2026

Zijin launched the project through a joint venture with the state-owned DRC company Cominiere in 2022.

January 6, 2025

CMOC sets cobalt production record in 2024

The world's No. 1 cobalt miner produced 114,165 tonnes in 2024, nearly double its 2023 output.

January 6, 2025

Iron ore price drops to over one-month low on weaker China metal output

Output at Chinese blast-furnace steel producers has continued to decline steadily.

January 4, 2025

Forecast: What will impact gold prices in 2025?

A range of economic and political issues seem likely to keep investors interested in adding gold to their portfolios.

January 2, 2025

Chinese firm to build Guinea’s biggest alumina processing plant

The refinery will have the capacity to produce 1.2 million tons of alumina per year by the end of 2027.

January 2, 2025

China flexes lithium dominance with plans for tech-export curbs

Beijing proposes including battery cathode material preparation technology to its catalog of applications that are subject to export bans or restrictions.

January 2, 2025

China’s 2025 iron ore imports set to hit new high even as steel demand dwindles

UBS forecasts a moderate surplus in 2025 and prices holding up around $95-100/t under the base case scenario.