April 30, 2021

Copper price surge toward a record high is hitting Chinese industry

Some Chinese manufacturers of electric wire have idled units and delayed deliveries or even defaulted on bank loans.

April 30, 2021

Gold price blows hot and cold

Gold offers its protection not only against winters, but also against summers.

April 30, 2021

Codelco boosts output to tap copper price jump

The state-owned producer churned out 386,000 metric tons from its own mines in Chile, up 7% from a year ago.

April 30, 2021

Gold investment stabilizing

We are nearing that crucial inflection point where gold investment demand reemerges in a young upleg.

April 30, 2021

Aurania reports new Ag-Zn-Pb discovery in Ecuador, stock up

The new discovery is an extension to the high-grade silver-zinc-lead mineralization at Tiria-Shimpia.

April 30, 2021

Vale unit fined over alleged Brazilian environmental irregularities

Companhia Portuária Baía de Sepetiba, Vale's port subsidiary, was fined $430,348 after an inspection.

April 30, 2021

Chile’s Pampa Camarones copper mine is up for sale

Owner, private equity fund Minería Activa, has an EBITDA of $50 million.

April 30, 2021

Liberty Mutual puts Australian coal project on hold

US insurer will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for the Baralaba South project, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed mine.

April 30, 2021

China’s Q1 gold consumption jumps 93.9% y/y on robust demand

China's gold output, however, fell 9.92% to 74.44 tonnes in the January-March period from a year earlier.

April 30, 2021

World top copper producer Chile sees output slide for 10th consecutive month

Chile's copper production fell 2.2% year on year, to 1.4 million tonnes, in the first quarter of 2021.