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…
July 29, 2011 Global lead prices likely to rise as China demand recovers Mena FN reports that according to Dow Jones, Global lead prices will surge owing to stronger Chinese demand.
July 28, 2011 China’s Wing Hing to buy SA gold assets in $580m deal China’s Wing Hing said on Thursday that it planned to buy up to 87% of South African gold company Taung Gold for $580-million to take advantage of the surging gold…
July 28, 2011 Building the world’s largest coal mine turning into diplomatic disaster China Briefing News reports state-owned Shenhua, the leader of a joint Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, and US consortium awarded the western block of Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi coking coal field – the…
July 28, 2011 Loesche receive third order for copper matte mill Loesche was awarded the third order of Copper Matte mill-LM31.3 in Fangchenggang City, P.R. China, following the YangGu Copper Matte project in September 2009 and Tongling Copper Matte project in…
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