October 21, 2011 China 2011 coal imports set to decline 8.5% despite tight domestic supplies China's net coal imports this year are expected to reach around 150 million tonnes less than last year's 164.83 million tonnes, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, citing the…
October 21, 2011 Chinalco to buy 45 mln T of Tavan Tolgoi’s coking coal Chinalco signed a contract with Mongolian miner Erdenes MGL in July for the purchase of 45 million tonnes of Tavan Tolgoi's coking coal over the next three years, and the…
October 20, 2011 Iron ore price slide unlikely to stop as China continues to sputter The rout in industrial metals has claimed another victim: iron ore. On the same day that copper tumbled nearly 7% for its biggest slide in a month, Bloomberg reports that…
October 20, 2011 China, Taiwan sign nuclear safety accord Taiwan and mainland China have signed a cross-Strait cooperation agreement on nuclear safety and emergency reporting during the seventh round of talks between the two sides in the past three…
October 20, 2011 Copper cancelled warrants signal Chinese restocking, not consumption The recent rise in cancelled warrants for copper is a sign of Chinese merchants restocking at prices at or below $7,000 per tonne rather than consumption, traders told MB.
October 19, 2011 UAE to invest $9.5 bn in aluminium smelters: Indonesia The UAE plans to make possibly the largest-ever investments in Indonesia's industrial sector by pumping $9.5 billion into aluminium smelter projects in Kalimantan, Indonesia's ambassador to the UAE said on…
October 19, 2011 China’s economy isn’t landing slowly; it is circling until it runs out of gas Despite a decline in quarter-on-quarter GDP numbers implying a soft landing for China's red hot economy, Patrick Chovanec says that fixed investment is still running at an unsustainable 23.4%, and…
October 18, 2011 China steel mills force Vale to bend over iron ore pricing The world's number one iron ore producer Vale is considering shifting from iron ore pricing based on the previous quarter’s prices to levels more aligned with the spot price the…
October 18, 2011 China’s largest producer of rare earth shutting production to stimulate the market Reteurs reports that Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech is suspending production hoping to stimulate an over-supplied the market.
October 18, 2011 Chinese slowdown worrying for iron ore miners GROSS domestic product data released today showed a slowing in Chinese growth, which could lead to lower demand for iron ore.
Union at Chile’s Mantoverde mine says company avoiding talks to end strike Workers have been on strike at the mine since January 2 after talks over new labour contracts broke down. January 24, 2026 | 04:43 pm
