* Frost fears drive corn, other crops to limit highs * Stronger U.S. economic data boosts oil, metals * CRB up 2 percent to 2-1/2-week highs NEW YORK, Sept 15 - Fears of a crop...
By Li Qiaoyi The country's three nonferrous metals giants, Chinalco, Jiangxi Copper, and Western Mining, all reported big declines in the first half of the year, according to their filings with the Shanghai Exchange Stock released yesterday. Chinalco posted a net loss of 3.52 billion yuan ($515....
Jan. 4, 2009 (China Knowledge) - China's Yunnan province has launched the plan to purchase more than half of the 1 million tons of base metals from nine local metal producers, the official Xinhua News...
Dec. 4, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China plans to buy various kinds of base metals as reserves with a view to spur domestic demand, the South China Morning Post reported, citing Wen Xianjun, vice-chairman of...
Nov. 26, 2008 (China Knowledge) - CITIC Group, the largest state-owned investment enterprise in China, along with its Hong Kong-listed subsidiary China Resources Holdings Ltd<1205>, has acquired a 49% stake in metals smelter Baiyin Nonferrous...
SHANGHAI --China's Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it is cutting export quotas for tungsten, tin and antimony for a second consecutive year, in a move that will help safeguard domestic supply of strategic metals. However,...
NEW YORK, May 29 - Inventories of aluminum, copper and steel are piling up as recession-hit consumers steer clear of American cars and a bankruptcy filing looms from General Motors Corp. Global inventories of copper...
* Shanghai copper sheds almost 4 percent as gloom returns *Oil falls $2 on firm dollar, demand concerns * Gold little changed, holds on to 2 pct gains By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, Nov 11 -...
COPPER, zinc and aluminum plunged by the exchange-imposed daily limit in Shanghai, catching up with losses on international markets in the past week when China's exchanges were closed for holidays ...
SINGAPORE, Sept 16 - The financial meltdown on Wall Street gripped commodities markets on Tuesday as investors sought refuge in cash and risk-free assets, pulling down crude oil 4 percent, gold 1.5 percent and grains 2 percent...