Shanghai zinc price hits over 3-year high on demand hopes
Prices jumped on Monday buoyed by prospects of demand improvement in China as the peak consumption season approaches.
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China’s crude steel output to peak around 2025 – govt consultancy
The steel sector accounts for 15% of China’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
Glencore says Australian nickel plant running at reduced production after outage
Repair work is underway at Glencore PLC's Murrin Murrin nickel and cobalt plant in Western Australia following a
component failure at an acid plant that left the facility running at reduced capacity.
China’s Jan-Feb copper, tin ore imports from Myanmar fall amid unrest
China’s imports of copper metal and tin ore from Myanmar both fell more than 25% year-on-year in the first two months of 2021.
Peru central bank cuts growth forecast for 2021, sees tailwinds from rising copper price
The bank reduced expectations for growth in the key mining sector to 11% in 2021, down from an earlier prediction for a 14.4% expansion.
Argonaut Resources starts drilling at project despite Aboriginal challenge
Miner started drilling at the Murdie project in South Australia, despite opposition from an Aboriginal group that says the project will damage a sacred area.
Australian coal exports disrupted as deluge shuts rails, slows port
Glencore said it has reduced output at some sites as a safety precaution.
Centamin 2020 profit soars on strong gold prices
The company, which operates Egypt’s sole gold-exporting mine, saw profits jump to $315m, almost doubling the $173m reported in 2019.
Volkswagen use of cobalt now more than Tesla
Adamas Intelligence data show that 18,750 tonnes of cobalt were consumed in the batteries of newly-sold passenger EVs globally in 2020.
