Chinas imports of coking coal hit a 10-month high of 5.1 million mt in November, the highest since shipments of 5.6 million mt in January, according to Chinese customs data released Thursday. November imports were up 19% from imports of 4.3...

China has discovered an 89.2-billion-tonne coal reserve at Shaer Lake in northwest Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which experts say is the largest of its kind in Asia. We have submitted an exploitation plan for the super-large coal field...

Refined-copper imports by China, the worlds largest user, climbed to the highest level since June 2009 as lower prices in London prompted arbitrage trade. Inbound shipments climbed 16 percent to 343,926 metric tons last month from 295,341 t...

Chinas thermal coal market remained weak, but some interest was seen from local traders for overseas cargoes at bargain prices for deliveries over January-February, market sources told Platts this week. A purchasing executive at a Shanghai-...

China may slightly reduce the export quotas for rare earth minerals next year due to slowing global economic growth and the unused rare earth quotas in 2011, reports China Securities Journal, citing Jin Baisong, vice director of the Chinese...

After a decade of explosive growth, Chinas steelmakers are now grappling with developmental bottlenecks and decreased profits. Squeezed by increased production costs, Chinas steel mills have been facing tough times since 2010, and experts s...