May 3, 2011 Sandvik and Shandong Energy JV for underground coal equipment Sandvik Mining and Construction and Shandong Energy Machinery in Xintai, Shandong Province, China, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 owned joint venture for the production and sales of…
May 2, 2011 Coal use in china shines light on growth International coal prices hit $124 per ton this week, the highest levels in five months, as strong demand from reconstruction projects in Japan and reduced supply from flood-ravaged Australia has…
May 2, 2011 China’s Jinchuan silent on media reports regarding Lundin Mining bid No word yet from China's Jinchuan Group as to whether the company is officially in the market for Canada's Lundin Mining. Canadian media reports claim a consortium headed by Jinchuan,…
April 29, 2011 China group in talks to buy Lundin: Globe and Mail The months-long saga over the future of Lundin Mining took another interesting twist on Friday, when a consortium of Chinese companies jumped in with a potential bid, according to a…
April 28, 2011 28 People Arrested in Diamond-Smuggling Ring Bust Chinese police said they have shut down a Hong Kong-based diamond-smuggling ring, in three months of arrests and confiscations. Twenty eight people were arrested between January and March and diamonds…
April 28, 2011 Super cycle? Or the endgame of cheap? Back in 2005, we were asked by the esteemed journal, The Banker, to write an op-ed piece and we chose the topic "China and the End of Cheap." Memory of…
April 28, 2011 Russian metals firms constrained by rail Russia's two main rail lines into Asia and, in particular China, are increasingly overburdened which is causing a headache for metals firms looking to increase exports.
April 28, 2011 Japan rare earth imports from China jump 40% in March Japan's imports of rare earths from China rose 40 percent in March from the previous month, Ministry of Finance data showed, with some observers saying demand is so far unaffected…
April 21, 2011 Chinese co secures MOU on Australian ferrovanadium project TNG Ltd (ASX: TNG), which recently released a positive scoping study review of Mt Peake said today it had a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a major Chinese engineering and…
April 20, 2011 China tries to curb over-capacity in aluminium sector China has called on central and provincial authorities to stop approving the construction of new aluminium smelting capacity as over-capacity in the industry is expanding. Nine ministries and departments jointly…
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
