Chinese workers return to Africa as lucrative job opportunities beckon
Chinese workers are returning to Africa in their thousands, reversing a decade-long decline and signalling a renewed focus…
Why first Simandou iron ore shipment to China marks a global milestone
The event on Tuesday at Guinea’s Morebaya port, attended by Chinese and regional African leaders, saw the departure…
China’s Massive Simandou Iron Mine in Africa Threatens to Upend Iron Ore Market
In April 1998, a young geologist and his team set out from the village of Moribadou and trekked…
Copper Prices Rattled by Mining Accidents Just as Demand Soars
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s declaration of force majeure at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia — where two employees are dead…