Supertankers carrying oil face up to a 10-day wait to discharge their loads as China seeks to double its reserve capacity from sources other than Iran,
Hedge fund managers reduced net-long positions across 18 US commodities futures and options by 9.3% in the week ended April 10, the biggest reduction since D
China Ocean Shipping Group Company (known as Cosco Group), the country's largest ocean-cargo carrier, said there is a "big chance" a government-supported ins
China has purchased 120,000 metric tons of US corn for shipment by the end of August, bringing its total confirmed purchases this season to nearly 4 million
The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, condemned US moves to restrict Iran's oil trade and curb its nuclear program by en
Australian iron ore miners said at a conference Tuesday that commodities demand from China was beginning to cool, a sign that the country’s economy is slowin
An unnamed Pakistani finance ministry official said the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's most valuable lender, appears to have bac
The US, EU and Japan have launched a WTO case to challenge China's restrictions on exports of rare earths materials, a suite of minerals essential for high-t
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company (YZC.NYSE) and Australia's Gloucester Coal (GCL.ASX) will move ahead with a merger to create the largest independently listed coa
China's crude oil output slid 2.3 percent year-on-year in January to 17.08 million tons as the New Year holiday reduced workdays, the country's top economic
The number of fatal accidents among miners for every 1 million tons of coal extracted declined by 24.7 percent last year, and for the first time the number
China's first transnational crude oil pipeline, the China-Kazakhstan Pipeline, allowed China to import 10.93 million tons of crude oil last year, up 10.3 pe
China will raise the minimum State procurement prices for rice by as much as nearly 18 percent this year, the country's top economic planner said Thursday,
China's total output of 10 major non-ferrous metals will see an annual growth of 8 percent during the 2011-2015 period, the country's industrial authority s
The EU urged China to loosen restrictions on exports of the rare earths, following a WTO ruling which upheld that Beijing's policies on raw material exports
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech Co, China's largest rare-earth producer by output, pre-announced Monday that its net profit is estima
Commodities rose the most in two weeks amid speculation that China may offset its slowing economy by easing monetary policy, boosting its demand for raw mate
China’s central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBoC), announced on Tuesday that it is halting local regions, institutions or individuals from setting up n
China's imports and exports of mineral products accounted for nearly 35 percent of the country's total foreign trade, Xu Shaoshi, minister of land and natur
In the past seven years in China, the output of mines whose original resource has been exhausted, but have then been found to hold reserves of other resourc
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's third largest oil company, imported about 100,000 tons of diesel in October, in order to cover domes
