China’s economy is growing – good for metals

Despite the tariff disputes with the US, China’s growth figures were stronger than expected. As the country has experience of tariff disputes, it should be able to deal with them. Retail sales rose by 5.9% in March 2025 compared to March 2024. In the same period, industrial production increased by 7.7% compared to the same month last year. China is aiming for five percent economic growth this year. It remains to be seen whether the tariffs will only have a short-term impact or whether they will counteract a long-term positive trend in China. The fact that China has currently stopped the export of certain magnets and metals will not have a major impact on China from an economic perspective. This is because it is only a very small proportion of total exports. The consequences of this export ban will affect those countries that are dependent on these metals. Areas such as armaments, the automotive industry and the drone and robotics sector are affected. This is because the high-tech industry is dependent on rare earths.

In any case, the world’s second-largest economy has made a good start to the new year. And Beijing will continue to try to boost economic growth. This development should be good for metals, such as the economic indicator copper. This is because demand for copper is growing at an estimated annual rate of six percent.

U.S. GoldMining – https://www.commodity-tv.com/play/us-goldmining-further-exploration-in-2025-after-excellent-results-and-resource-update-in-2024/ – for example, has copper and gold in its Whistler project in Alaska. This has estimated indicated resources of more than one billion pounds of copper and almost four million ounces of gold.

In Saskatchewan, Canada, Foran Mining – https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/foran-mining-corp/ – has two highly prospective projects. They contain copper, zinc, gold and silver and the company is moving towards producer status.

Current company information and press releases from U.S. GoldMining (- https://www.resource-capital.ch/de/unternehmen/us-goldmining-inc/ -) and Foran Mining (- https://www.resource-capital.ch/de/unternehmen/foran-mining-corp/ -).

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