March 16, 2020 Endeavour confirms first case of coronavirus at a mine site in Africa Employee in Burkina Faso tests positive for Covid-19.
March 16, 2020 Lundin places zinc expansion on back-burner over coronavirus The miner said there had been no material impact on production or shipments from any of the company’s operations to date as a result of Covid-19.
March 13, 2020 Gold price plummets again – down $172 for the week Gold price drops another $80 an ounce on Friday.
March 13, 2020 Ero Copper stock soars on record production, earnings Copper production reached 42,318 tonnes for 2019, a 39% year-on-year increase.
March 13, 2020 China copper inventories near 4-yr high as supply swamps virus-hit demand Inventories of copper climbed by 34,959 tonnes from the previous week to 380,065 tonnes.
March 13, 2020 Meet zinc, the cheap metal gunning for lithium’s battery crown Metal is making the jump into a developing $30 billion energy-storage market for electrical grids.
March 12, 2020 China’s No.3 battery maker says auto recovery needed by May China’s purchases of new energy vehicles collapsed 78% in February.
March 12, 2020 Gold price drops more than $80 an ounce Gold price loses immunity to global financial markets carnage, recording one of the worst one day falls in futures trading history.
March 12, 2020 Palladium in record freefall with precious metals caught in rout Palladium futures slumped as much as 28% on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
March 11, 2020 ABN AMRO sees precious metals price weakness The bank sees gold prices averaging $1,523 an ounce this year.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
