China has announced that it has suspended all imports of coal from North Korea beginning this week....

Increasing trade and contracting supply will support a recovery in charter rates on major dry bulk shipping routes, with the prospect of Chi...

Russian aluminium group Rusal has signed a co-operation agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation to wor...

From a net steel importer, China has become a net exporter of steel products, according to Luo Binsheng, vice president of the China Iron an...

Despite environmental objections, coal-fired power generation still remains the most viable source of electrical energy. High oil prices cou...

While Chinese ore demand (see page 13 of this issue) has been the bedrock of the freight recovery, it is not quite the whole story. There ar...

Freight rates have risen inexorably over the last 12 months and the trend shows no real signs of abating. A key underlying cause has been se...

Of interest to equipment suppliers is the forecast that Chinese iron ore imports will rise by at least 10 mt this year followed by a further...