A review of capital raisings between February 2020 and February 2021 found that of the $2.9 billion raised for gold projects in 41 countries, 75% went to projects in just five countries, Mining Intelligence says.
The world’s biggest copper trader expects the metal to breach $10,000 a tonne this year, before entering a range of $12,000 to $15,000 a tonne over the coming decade.
For the first 12 months of the year, the market was in a 559,000 tonnes deficit compared with a 383,000 tonnes deficit in the same period a year earlier.