Short positions in lead worth $182m set to drive Shanghai price surge
Thousands of tonnes have been sold on the Shanghai Futures Exchange for delivery next month, which is expected to trigger a price surge of the battery metal.
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The company submitted the final provincial environmental impact statement to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment for the uranium project.
Talon Metals’ shares rise on news of high-grade nickel-copper and PGE results in Minnesota
The drilling was conducted in partnership with Columbia University under a program funded by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Mining Innovations.
Perpetua wins up to $15.5m to advance antimony trisulfide supply chain at Stibnite
The objective is to demonstrate a fully domestic antimony trisulfide supply chain using ore from the Stibnite gold project site for use in munitions.
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Overall holdings in over 100 gold ETFs tracked by the WGC fell to their lowest level since April 2020.
Tsingshan starts 50,000t nickel plant in Indonesia
Tsingshan plans to apply for the nickel produced at this plant to be listed as a deliverable brand on the LME.
Ecuadorians opt to restrict oil and mining ahead of run-off vote
Citizens voted to shut a major oil field in the Amazon region and ban new mining concessions near Quito.
Race for moon resources has begun, says Russia’s space chief after failed lunar mission
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon on Saturday after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit.
Victoria Gold returns to normal operations at Eagle mine after Yukon wildfire evacuations
Full production rates at the operation were resumed on August 11, the company said.
