April 29, 2020 Rusal alumina plant in Ukraine may temporarily suspend output The plant said its supplies of bauxite had fallen to critical levels and may soon be unable to maintain production on a four-day week basis.
April 22, 2020 Pandemic puts China metals supply chain in jeopardy China boosted copper imports in March, but still faces challenges as key suppliers are cutting output.
April 14, 2020 ERG cuts Kazakh bauxite production The company is shutting down one of its bauxite mines for three months.
April 7, 2020 The state of Chinese commodities shows recovery taking hold From oil to copper to coal, China’s gigantic commodities industry is signaling that the first economy to be flattened by the coronavirus is getting closer to a return to normality.
April 6, 2020 Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 stage.mining.companies MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest stage.mining.companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.
April 3, 2020 Rusal, Glencore strike aluminum deal worth up to $16.3bn Rusal will supply up to 6.9 million tonnes of the metal to Glencore under the contract.
March 28, 2020 Guinea partners with China-backed consortium at Simandou The Simandou deposit holds estimated reserves of more than 2 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore.
February 6, 2020 China’s metals import hunger shifts towards raw materials China’s giant aluminum machine needs a lot of bauxite and imports topped the 100 million tonne level for the first time in 2019
January 2, 2020 Top 50 biggest stage.mining.companies enter 2020 near $1 trillion value MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest stage.mining.companies based on market value shows a revived industry entering the 2020s, but with diverging […]
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