Gold price touches 9-month low, pressured by firm yields
Gold is expected to struggle until the Fed curbs higher yields, one analyst says.
Rio Tinto chairman to step down over caves blast scandal
Simon Thompson is the latest high-profile departure linked to the miner’s destruction of ancient rock…
Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners
Resource nationalism has been on the rise over the past year, but Verisk Maplecroft believes…
Rare earth, uranium miners benefit from EV mania and dash of ESG
Uranium sector supply/demand balance is the tightest we’ve seen since pre-Fukushima, analyst says.
Co-operation between artisanal miners and companies gains momentum
Artisanal mining is considered the main source of global mercury pollution.
Aluminum price surges to 9-year high on Chinese supply concerns
Investors were jittery ahead of China’s annual meeting of parliament, where the country will announce goals for 2021.
Miners, OEMs launch Electric Mine Consortium
The Electric Mine Consortium’s goal is to accelerate progress towards the fully-electrified, zero-CO2 and zero-particulates…
Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal
News of the agreement comes as the Australian Taxation Office has hit the miner with…
Energy storage boom to propel zinc battery demand, industry association says
Annual demand for zinc in batteries was only 600 tonnes in 2020 but that figure is projected to rise to 77,500 tonnes in 2030
Price queries soar after halt of open outcry trading, LME says
The 144-year-old exchange published data for the first time about the number of challenges to provisional prices at the close of trade.
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