me-metals: The US economy could see a $3.4 billion hit if China imposes a total ban on gallium and germanium, according to a new report released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
News ID: 11493 Publish Date : 2024/11/20
me-metals: Prices of iron ore futures clawed up towards the psychological level of $100 a metric ton on Monday, underpinned by firm near-term demand and revived hopes of further economic stimulus from top consumer China
News ID: 11489 Publish Date : 2024/11/19
me-metals: Donald Trump’s victory immediately buoyed markets from stocks to Bitcoin. Gold is going to take a lot longer to turn things around.
News ID: 11484 Publish Date : 2024/11/18
me-metals: Aluminum prices are expected to stay elevated in 2024 owing to a tightening market balance on the back of strong growth in global demand outpacing supply, says BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions Group.
News ID: 11483 Publish Date : 2024/11/17
me-metals: Indonesia’s imports of nickel ore surged to 9.3 million metric tons in the first ten months of 2024, more than 50 times the corresponding figure of 161,917 tons for the year earlier period, the statistics bureau said on Friday.
News ID: 11475 Publish Date : 2024/11/17
me-metals: Lithium is enjoying a mini-revival on an uptick in Chinese electric vehicle demand and supply cuts, although analysts caution there’s still likely to be a surplus of the battery metal in 2025.
News ID: 11470 Publish Date : 2024/11/15
me-metals: Promoting the use of aluminum to save copper would be conducive to maintaining the security of China ’s copper resource, the head of the country’s base metals smelting industry group said on Wednesday.
News ID: 11468 Publish Date : 2024/11/14
me-metals: Shares in Australia’s iron ore miners slumped on Monday after another round of stimulus measures by their top customer China disappointed investors who had hoped for measures that would boost commodities demand.
News ID: 11464 Publish Date : 2024/11/13
me-metals: December copper came under renewed pressure on Monday, falling some 1.7% to under $4.23 per pound ($9,320 per tonne) in afternoon trading on the CME in Chicago, bringing losses since a Trump victory became clear to close to 6%.
News ID: 11462 Publish Date : 2024/11/12
me-metals: Iron ore fell toward $100 a ton as Beijing’s latest efforts to revive the economy left investors disappointed, while an expansion in Chinese port stockpiles highlighted ample supplies.
News ID: 11458 Publish Date : 2024/11/11
me-metals: China and Indonesia signed deals worth $10 billion at the Indonesia- China Business Forum in Beijing on Sunday, spanning sectors including food, new energy, technology, and biotechnology, Chinese state media reported.
News ID: 11457 Publish Date : 2024/11/11
me-metals: Arcadium, the lithium producer that has agreed to sell itself to Rio Tinto, posted an 82% drop in quarterly income on Thursday that missed Wall Street’s expectations due to sliding prices of the electric vehicle battery metal.
News ID: 11456 Publish Date : 2024/11/11
me-metals: China has allowed more private firms to blend more polluting complex copper concentrates domestically as the country that smelts half the world’s copper struggles to secure enough standard grades, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
News ID: 11447 Publish Date : 2024/11/09
me-metals: Start-up Vulcan Energy will begin large-scale industrial production of lithium hydroxide in Germany in 2027, two years later than originally planned, the company said on Friday as it started operations at a demonstration plant.
News ID: 11445 Publish Date : 2024/11/09
me-metals: Albemarle, the world’s largest lithium producer, said on Thursday it lost more than $1 billion in the third quarter and that it would slash its capital budget amid a 71% drop in prices for the electric vehicle battery metal.
News ID: 11444 Publish Date : 2024/11/08
me-metals: The copper price plunged on (Wednesday November 6) as Donald Trump reclaimed the White House, with a surging dollar pressuring commodities. At the same time, traders weighed the ramifications of his views on trade, geopolitics, and the US economy.
News ID: 11438 Publish Date : 2024/11/07
me-metals: China ’s industry ministry is proposing to step up domestic exploration of mineral resources under a plan to support the energy storage manufacturing industry.
News ID: 11436 Publish Date : 2024/11/07
me-metals: China Zinc Smelters Purchasing Team (CZSPT) has set domestic processing fees for zinc concentrate at between 2,000 yuan ($281.57) a metric ton and 2,500 a ton for the first quarter in 2025, state-backed research house Antaike said on Tuesday.
News ID: 11434 Publish Date : 2024/11/06
me-metals: China ’s copper demand will peak around the end of this decade, according to a state-backed government researcher, offering a potential counterpoint to bullish views on the metal’s prospects.
News ID: 11413 Publish Date : 2024/10/26
me-metals: Beijing – Prices of iron ore futures fell on Tuesday, weighed down by concerns that demand for the key steelmaking raw material will slide, with steel demand in top consumer China showing signs of softening.
News ID: 11398 Publish Date : 2024/10/22