July 8, 2011 China may block Russian bid for potash control on Belarus crisis Bloomberg reported that Russia's attempt to capture a huge stake in global potash resources from Belarus may be trumped by China.
July 7, 2011 28 still trapped in coal mine in China Twenty-eight miners were still trapped underground Thursday while 63 others were rescued after a fire broke out in a coal mine in China's Shandong province Wednesday night, Xinhua reported. A…
July 7, 2011 Coal mine fire traps 36 in Shandong GMT2011-07-07 08:55:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING - A coal mine fire that occurred Wednesday night left at least 36 people trapped underground in East China's Shandong province, according to State…
July 6, 2011 China’s Jinchuan trumps Vale’s Metorex bid Reuters Africa reported that the Jinchuan Group’s (FRA:GDZD) bid for Metorex (JNB:MEMTX) is higher than Vale’s (NYSE:VALE) offer. The market news is quoted as saying: Jinchuan, China’s dominant nickel producer,…
July 5, 2011 Australian iron ore production and export to surge by 2012 Reuters reported that iron ore production in Australia, the world largest exporter of the steelmaking raw material is rising rapidly to keep pace with projected increases in China led demand.
July 5, 2011 Iron Ore-Shanghai rebar hits near 3-week top, gains seen capped Shanghai steel futures rose more than 1 percent to their highest in nearly three weeks on Monday, chasing gains in Chinese equities, even as the outlook for steel demand remained…
July 5, 2011 China government gold company buys CGG stock Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd. announced Monday that the Company's largest shareholder China National Gold Group has purchased 1,033,400 shares of the Company on the open market, demonstrating its continuing…
July 4, 2011 China Hit by Two Coal Mine Disasters Heavy flooding in China has led to two separate coal mine accidents, which killed three people and trapped more than 40 on Saturday. In the first accident, heavy rains caused…
July 4, 2011 US study says sulfur from China’s coal-burning caused slight pause in global warming Scientists have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth's temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of the hottest decades on record. The…
July 4, 2011 China’s imminent collision with peak coal World coal production is dominated by China. China's coal production is projected to peak in 2027 with a peak production level of 5.1 billion tons. World (excluding China)'s coal production…
Vale’s iron ore output hits seven-year high in 2025, surpassing Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Vale's iron ore production for 2025 reached 336.1 million tons, up 2.6% from the previous year. January 27, 2026 | 02:18 pm