MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week
Gold price to hit $2,300 next year on inflation risks, zinc price soars as Vedanta halts Gamsberg mine after accident, Dominion Diamond Mines to restart Ekati.
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Gold price rebounds with stimulus talks moving forward
Still, bullion is on track for a second weekly loss following positive reports on covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs.
Zinc price soars on supply squeeze even as stealth stocks build
LME three-month zinc hit a fresh 18-month high of $2,793 per tonne on Friday and is even outperforming high-flying copper.
Biden easing up on Cuba would boost Canadian miner, CEO says
Sherritt was pushed to the brink during Trump’s tenure; its market value sunk to a record $22.8 million in March.
Paulson calls meeting to reshuffle Midas Gold’s board
Paulson said it will also advocate moving Midas' listing and headquarters to the US.
Rio Tinto’s new aluminium alloys promise to support recycling by die casters
The mining giant’s new alloy series has been developed for high pressure vacuum die casters to mix with their own scrap and recycled cleaned crushed wheels.
White Metal, Noronex to start work at Namibia copper-silver project
The companies just completed an earn-in deal and can now move towards geophysics and drilling.
Zambia’s copper output increases amid foreign debt default
9.45% rise in production comes as good news to Zambia, which missed a $42.5 million payment on part of its international debt last week.
Bull market for base metals likely to remain intact – Rosenberg
“As we were engaging in financial engineering the past ten years in North America to goose earnings per share, China was ramping up their productivity..."