Copper price surges to two-year high
Copper price rallies as hedge funds continue to build bullish positions and world's top copper miner warns of steep fall in production.
Frik Els , Editor
Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.
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Cobalt price: BMW avoids the Congo conundrum – for now
German firm's unique deal with world's only primary cobalt mine avoids DRC human rights problems entirely, something no cellphone or carmaker can claim.
Lithium price: MINING.COM EV Metal Index bounces back
Value of battery metals in newly-sold electric cars around the world jumps despite slump in lithium, cobalt, graphite prices.
Covid-19 disrupts $8.8 billion of global mining output
In total, $8.84 billion in mining revenue is at-risk, with disruptions to 275 mine sites in 36 countries.
Iron ore price jumps to year high as Chinese imports soar
Chinese iron ore imports hit 33-month high in June, on pace for record year.
Copper price near 2-year high after Chinese imports rocket
China's June copper imports surge by 50% compared to previous month to highest on record.
Gold price vaults $1,800 – highest since September 2011
Scramble for gold-backed ETFs reaches fever pitch with $40 billion of bullion snapped up so far this year.
MINING.COM EV Metal Index drops to 28-month low
Price declines for lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel have slowed, but raw material deployment is tanking.
Gold price nears $1,800 on ETF frenzy
Investors in world's top physically-backed gold ETF snap up 30 tonnes in just two days.
Novagold hits back at short-seller with line-by-line dissection
Novagold on Monday said it's "determinedly assessing all of the legal options available to it in various jurisdictions" against J Cap.
Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026
The world’s 50 biggest mining stocks shrug off global turmoil hitting a combined $2.4 trillion value in Q1, but the tide did not lift all boats.