China primarily engages South Africa for mineral commodities and metals to feed its own manufacturing industry. That means South African export patterns are largely tied to the price volatility and ...

African countries have not been blind to China’s involvement in their mining sectors, however. Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy launched an investigation into Xinfeng Investments (Pty ...

These commodities are capital-intensive and predominantly controlled by foreign investors, including China. Several Chinese companies have substantial stakes in South African mining operations ...

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China has initiated the large-scale operation of its domestically developed 120-tonne pure-electric mining trucks ... utilize lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries ...

Phosphate is a raw material used to make new energy batteries in China's booming electric vehicle ... aluminum and fluorine from phosphate mining, according to Hong. "We aim to reach an output ...