In Commodity News 16/04/2015
China confirmed the discovery of new nonferrous metals reserves including 1.99 million mt of copper and 2.87 million mt of lead and zinc in 2014, state-owned mineral resources researcher China Geological Survey said Thursday.
The country also found 1.92 million mt of tungsten, as well as 718,300 mt of molybdenum reserves last year.
Other new metals reserves including 125,500 mt of tin, 67,500 mt of antimony, 52,800 mt of nickel, 780.1 mt of gold, 3,276.4 mt of silver and 110.9 million mt of bauxite reserves were also found in 2014, it said.
Source: Platts
