Zinc price: Q3 peak, long-term weakness on the cards – report

Nickel is defying both the general macroeconomic concerns weighing on other industrial metals and signs its own internal dynamics are weakening.

The country's Constitutional Court has rejected calls for a referendum, which could have halted the miner's flagship Cascabel and other projects.

Company had to halt mining and processing at Youga last week over disagreements between workers and a proposed open pit mining contractor.

Court doubled the fine applied against the company to 200,000 Real ($52K) for each day it kept the nickel complex open, despite a February ruling that ordered the full suspension of operations at the site.

The key milestone for Cobre Panama comes at a time when the market is in need of high concentrate volumes due to recent supply disruptions.

Discovery comes on the heels of a government's study showing the miner's Cascabel project will be one of the world’s ten largest copper, silver and gold mines.

Gecamines rejected allegations that there are discrepancies in its financial statements.

The foams are supposed to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.

The Indigenous group will become a shareholder in Noront.