Copper price crashes through $10,000 as China premium hits 9-year low
China's appetite for overseas metal seems to be fading, with Yangshan copper import premiums falling to $28.50 a tonne, the lowest since at least 2012.
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Australia’s Wyloo bid for Noront shows battery metal scramble
At stake is the future of Noront's early-stage Eagle's Nest deposit, billed by Wyloo as the largest high-grade nickel discovery in Canada since Voisey's Bay.
India’s gold revamp pushes on as spot trading inches closer
India is moving closer toward setting up spot contracts for gold, finalizing rules for trading and providing the world’s second-biggest consumer a firmer grasp over setting the price of bullion.
Gold price down 2% as strong US economic data puts traders on defense
Strong US employment and service sector data has propelled the dollar higher, boosting expectations that the Fed may reignite tapering talks.
US to list Nevada flower as endangered, dealing blow to ioneer’s lithium project
The US Fish and Wildlife Service propose listing the Tiehm’s Buckwheat flower as an endangered species, a blow to ioneer's proposed Rhyolite Ridge lithium project.
Kinross and S2 team up to find Finnish gold
Kinross will spend up to $9.5 million to farm-in on noncore S2 ground.
Iron ore rises despite China’s moves to lower prices
Bank of America forecasts iron ore will average $172.2 a tonne this year; then $143.8 a tonne in 2022.
It’s not over for coal as global prices surge on hot demand
Coal is seeing a dramatic spike in demand just as several major miners are hit with production problems, sparking a surge in prices from China to Europe and the US.
Western Uranium buys physical uranium
Western Uranium says the physical uranium purchase complements its Sunday mine complex production plans.
