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Coal and copper: Mongolia steps up supply efforts to China
According to Nagi Otgonshar, Mongolia's deputy minister of mining, Mongolia is stepping up its efforts to supply raw materials such as coking coal and copper to China in 2022, following lacklustre trade in 2021, as it expands its mining sector and increases its...
Aluminium: demand concerns sink prices
Aluminium prices fell to their lowest in more than three weeks on Monday as COVID-19 blocks in China, the main consumer, fuelled concerns about slowing demand for industrial metals. Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange fell on Monday to $3,221/mt (lowest...
Bauxite: Guinea asks mining companies to submit refinery plans by May
The interim government of Guinea, the world's second-largest bauxite producer, on Friday asked international mining companies to submit plans to refine their bauxite production into alumina in the country by May 2022. Africa's largest producer of the aluminium ore has...
Aluminium: US imports of P1020 fall in February
Imports of unalloyed primary aluminium into the US in February totalled 134,793 tonnes, down 29% from January, while shipments from Canada fell 21.4% to 86,504 tonnes. Shipments of higher-purity aluminium from countries such as the United Arab Emirates were down 49%...