August 5, 2011 Macarthur Coal lures bidders as Peabody rouses China Peabody Energy Corp. is leaving the door open for a rival bidder to step in for Macarthur Coal Ltd. by offering less for the Australian mining company than it did…
August 2, 2011 Yanzhou Coal buys two Australian coal mines for $202 million Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. China's fourth-largest coal producer, yesterday acquired two Australian coal producers, Syntech Holdings Pty Ltd and Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd, for A$202.5 million in cash.
August 2, 2011 Australia’s Beijing bind Australia's Treasurer Wayne Swan may soon have another foreign investment headache on his hands, as a Chinese entrepreneur says he has Beijing's backing to step around Australian investment rules and…
August 1, 2011 HSBC becomes first foreign bank to enter China’s gold futures market HSBC’s China banking unit has become the first and only foreign bank to be granted access to the country’s gold futures market, Reuters reports. HSBC Bank (China) received regulatory approval…
August 1, 2011 SF Diamond rises most since debut after reporting profit gain SF Diamond Co., a Chinese maker of drill bits and cutting tools, gained the most since its trading debut in Shenzhen more than five months ago after saying first- half…
July 31, 2011 Global steel production to hit a record of 1500 million tons in 2011 China’s crude steel output hit a all time record of 350.64 million tons in the first six months of 2011. The steel output growth rate was 11.5 percentage points higher…
July 31, 2011 HSBC to begin trading in gold in Shanghai Futures Exchange HSBC, the leading bank with operations worldwide, has become the first foreign bank in China to be given membership in Shanghai Futures Exchange and would start trading in gold futures,…
July 30, 2011 Six dead in covered-up coal mine accident in China Six people were killed in a coal mine explosion that had been covered up for 13 days in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province, a provincial work safety official said today.
July 29, 2011 Nickel surplus to narrow on China’s demand for steel Bloomberg reports nickel surplus may narrow on increasing stainless-steel demand from China and stalled mining projects have lowered prices.
July 29, 2011 Rev up for resources boom in China Last week I sat down with Laura Mandaro from Marketwatch to discuss what’s currently driving commodity markets. One of the key drivers today is the robust economic activity and commodity…
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
