Chinese trader who made $1.5B on gold builds giant bet on copper price
Bian Ximing has made waves over the last two years with his investment in Chinese gold futures.
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Russia says China’s Zijin agrees to keep Siberian zinc mine open
Sanctions prompted the Chinese company to weigh suspending operations.
Aluminum price slides as surging inventories add to downbeat mood
Readily available aluminum inventories in LME warehouses saw their biggest jump in more than a year.
Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua kills six; 14 missing
Authorities will resume on Tuesday their search for those missing after the disaster.
Kodal expects Mali permit soon to export 27,000t of stockpiled lithium
The company began production at Bougouni in February.
Manitoba fires threaten Sinomine’s Tanco lithium-cesium mine
Tanco is about 180 km northeast of Winnipeg and sits right beside a large zone where fires are burning out of control.
Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets, FT reports
The uranium miner filed a lawsuit this week over the "arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and unjust confiscation of property" involving its staff and assets in the country.
Emirates Global to build US aluminum plant touted by Trump next year
The smelter will have the capacity to produce as much as 600,000 tons a year of primary aluminum.
Column: Copper’s US tariff premium crushed by wave of imports
The copper market has been betting that a US tariff will be imposed at a rate of 25%, matching those already in place for both steel and aluminum imports.
