China is undergoing a process of liberalising its economy, and as the market opens up, new contracts will be launched to meet the demand, says Newedge’s John Browning in an article written for and published by Metal Bulletin's sister publication Futures & Options World (FOW).

Claire Hack reports from Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she has travelled to meet Central Asia Metals as it prepares for the official opening of its Kounrad copper project in eastern Kazakhstan, which is targeting production of 10,000 tpy of copper cathode.

Clive Palmer, the owner of a company involved in Australian mining projects, is planning to build an exact replica of the RMS Titanic and intends calling the oceangoing vessel Titanic II.

Will the 20% of outright three-month business that has recently been done on the London Metal Exchange during the Asian day soon look relatively minuscule?

A private members’ bill tabled in the UK House of Commons last month will propose harsher sentencing for scrap metal thieves and make enforcement of the law easier, MP Graham Jones, who introduced the bill to the House, told Metal Bulletin.

Nine Peruvian workers trapped underground at Peru’s Cabeza de Negro, 330km from Lima, were freed on Wednesday April 11, to a rapturous reception by rescuers, the press and Peruvian president Ollanta Humala (centre, waving).

If miners in Indonesia are unhappy about the government proposal to ban them from exporting ores, they were careful not to show it too openly at a meeting with senior government officials on Tuesday, February 28.

The London Metal Exchange has received “a good number of bids” for the board to consider at its meeting on Thursday February 23.

A huge order to sell copper at 03:15 UK time on Thursday February 9 whacked London Metal Exchange markets very hard, with copper losing around 1.5% of its value in a matter of seconds.

Glenstrata, X-Core, Davenberg, Mivan? Whatever the result of the Glencore-Xstrata merger is to be called, finding a name is an inevitable step after the IPO.