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Silver exports from China, the world's largest, are expected to drop 2011 as domestic demand from investors is expected to surge. And, in a market that has seen significant price volatility, these red...
A Sudanese delegation which participated in the China Mining Conference and Exhibition headed by the minister of mining, Dr. Abdel Bagi Al-Jailani ended a visit to China recently.
The conference was at...
China is expected to import more than one million tonnes of aluminium by 2020, market analysts predict.
In an analysis focused on the long-term outlook of the metal, UK-based commodities consultancy f...
Chinese spot magnesium ingot export trades were lackluster as overseas buying interest remained extremely lacking, industry sources said on Nov 15, 2011.
"I have no overseas inquiries this week but the...
China-Ukraine trade increased 47 percent to reach 6.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of 2011, the Chinese Embassy said on Nov 14, 2011.
Thus, the aim set by leaders of the two countries...
According to China Customs statistics, in the first 3 quarters of 2011, China imported 1.67 million tons of sugar with a value of USD 1.16 billion, respectively up 22.3% and 65.7% year-on-year; the av...
According to China Customs statistics, in the first 3 quarters of 2011, China's exports of Christmas items totaled USD 1.91 billion, up 40.8% year-on-year.
According to China Customs statistics, over the first 3 quarters of 2011, China imported totally 1.441 million tons of natural rubbers with a value of USD 6.67 billion, respectively up 7.7% and 74% ye...
China has announced it would cut down its export quotas of special metals in 2012, which could push world prices higher.
Reports from Beijing's China Daily News and the Rare Earths industry journal sai...
China will import more than 1m tonnes of aluminium a year by the end of the decade, according to new forecasts from CRU, a leading commodities consultancy.
In a report on the long-term outlook for alum...
The iron ore import price began to decline from September and the downfalls performed severe in October. The price ever came to USD 129 per tonne (CIF), a 15-month low.
Recently, the iron ore price hea...
According to Chinese customs data, in October 2011 China's steel export volume came to 3.82 million mt, down 390,000 mt from September but up 33.57 percent year on year. In the first 10 months of 2011...
According to China Customs statistics, in the first 3 quarters of 2011, the value of China's software exports totaled USD 1.15 billion, up 30.7% year-on-year.
According to China Customs statistics, in the first 3 quarters of 2011, China imported 1.052 million tons of lead ores and concentrates with a value of USD 2.34 billion, respectively down 5.9% and up ...
According to China Customs statistics, over the first 3 quarters of 2011, China imported totally 4.634 million tons of copper ores with a value of USD 11.59 billion, respectively down 6.6% and up 20.1...
China's coal exports decreased further to 790,000 tonnes in October of the current year, down 34.7 percent or 420,000 tonnes from 1.21 million tonnes in September, according to the preliminary data re...
According to statistics from the General Administration of China Customs, China imported 1.20 million tonnes of steel products in October, rising 60,000 tonnes or 5.3 percent compared with the same pe...
China, the world's largest iron ore importer and steel maker, saw its iron ore imports rise 9.2% year on year to 49.94 million metric tons in October 2011, according to statistics released by the Gene...
China's full year trade surplus is likely to hit $150 billion in 2011, the Ministry of Commerce said on Nov 11, 2011, adding that export growth faced a challenging outlook given the global economic ba...
China's soybeans imports may rise to 68 million metric tons in the marketing year 2015-2016 from 52.4 million tons in the year ended Sept. 30, said Wang Yinji, deputy general manager of COFCO Ltd.
Impo...