November 3, 2021

BHP in talks with Wyloo over Noront takeover

The miners have been in a bidding war for the Canadian company, which owns Eagle’s Nest nickel and copper deposit in Ontario.

November 2, 2021

Where is the missing Kumtor gold?

Centerra Gold flagged a 24% Kumtor production drop compared with the 2021 mine plan.

November 2, 2021

The great copper squeeze isn’t over yet

As was the case during the October squeeze, buyers on the LME are again paying huge premiums to roll forward front-month contracts.

November 2, 2021

Harte Gold’s strategic review still yields no results

Harte said it would require additional financing before year-end to continue operations and conclude the strategic review process.

November 2, 2021

Funds still wary of shorting super tight copper market

A slowdown in China’s manufacturing sector is casting an ever larger shadow over the copper market, writes Andy Home.

November 2, 2021

Codelco hikes 2022 copper premium for Chinese buyers

The world’s biggest copper miner has offered Chinese customers annual copper supply for 2022 at a premium of $105 a tonne.

November 2, 2021

Ramelius trumps Gold Road with sweetened bid for Apollo

It increased its cash-scrip offer by nearly 11% to A62 cents, trumping Gold Road's all-cash A56c per share bid.

November 1, 2021

Lithium Americas trumps CATL with $400 million offer to buy Millennial Lithium

The offer represents a 22.1% premium over CATL's previous bid of C$377 million.

November 1, 2021

Iron ore price lowest since September on Chinese steel curbs

Steel, cement and coking plants in the steel hub of Tangshan city were recently ordered to cut production following a heavy-pollution alert.

November 1, 2021

Lab-grown diamonds are latest victims of China’s power crisis

Roughly 7 million carats of jewelry-quality man-made diamonds are produced globally each year, of which 3 million come from China.