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Australia expects to log record revenue from iron ore exports this financial year, as global steel-making recovers and the country bounces back from punishing trade sanctions on other exports applied by a hostile China. A government report...

Domestic Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate prices assessed by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence are on a tear in 2021 after bottoming out in the second half of last year, following a lengthy slump. Ex-works lithium carbonate in China (≥99.5% Li2CO3) jumped...

China’s rare earths, a group of 17 minerals used in military equipment and consumer electronics, are being undersold due to “vicious competition” domestically and face low resource utilisation, the country’s industry minister said on Monday.Prices for...

China is paying a heavy toll for its efforts to punish Australia by banning or restricting certain commodity imports, while conversely, Australia seems to have avoided any serious financial ramifications so far.It is perhaps surprising that...

Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden has hit the ground running after only a few days in office, with ambitious plans unveiled and a score of executive orders signed reversing much of the Trump administration's environmental...

Iron ore prices continued to climb on Monday as data revealed record-breaking steel production numbers in China, which forges more steel than the rest of the world combined. According to Fastmarkets MB, benchmark 62% Fe fines imported...

Market analyst Roskill published a report where it states that China’s increasing control over copper and cobalt resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could pose a threat to western market participants.The threats are related to the security of...

(ATF) Prices of mainstream rare earths in China have been on a rapid rise this year. Wind data shows that as of January 13, the A-share rare earth index has risen nearly 12% in 2021. Thanks partly to a complete...

China imported record volumes of unwrought copper and copper products on an annual basis in 2020, while its annual exports of aluminum fell to the lowest since 2017. Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year...

Iron ore prices climbed back up to near decade highs on Thursday after customs data showed record-breaking imports by China, which forges more steel than the rest of the world combined. According to Fastmarkets MB, benchmark 62%...

First Cobalt Corp said on Tuesday it signed a deal with Glencore and has agreed a tentative pact with a unit of China Molybdenum Ltd for cobalt supplies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The agreements...

Last year a ‘control’ index was drawn up for rare earth mines as China became more aware of the strategic value of this sector; This was a counter lever to US sanctions in the trade war,...