Young Chinese spurn traditional investments in favour of gold
The trend underscores heightening uncertainty about growth prospects in the world's second-largest economy.
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Copper futures dragged down by China’s credit downgrade
Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for Chinese sovereign bonds to negative, underscoring deepening global concerns over debt levels in the world’s largest consumer.
Rio Tinto looking at synergies to reshape portfolio, not big M&A
"The last thing we need is very big M&A, because it's very disruptive and it takes you off course," CEO Jakob Stausholm said.
Piedmont Lithium gets another extension amid North Carolina mine permit review
The proposed mine, if built, would become one of North America's largest sources of lithium for electric vehicle batteries.
Rio Tinto brings forward Simandou iron ore production to 2025
Rio owns two of four Simandou mining blocks as part of its Simfer joint venture with China's Chalco Iron Ore Holdings and the government of Guinea.
Deadly attack spurs plea for Peru crackdown on unlicensed mines
The industry is laying part of the blame on temporary permits known in Peru as Reinfo, a registry that allows informal miners to operate with some legal protections while they formalize operations.
Fortune Minerals stock gains on government funds for NICO project
The funds will be used to support a mini-pilot to confirm certain process design criteria and improvements to the NICO project metallurgical processes in Canada's Northwest Territories. .
Trafigura staff tried to hide nickel ‘red flags,’ Gupta says
The revelation is the latest twist in a case that has shocked the commodity trading world.
Investors are seeing past 75% lithium price plunge, Chile’s Enami says
The state-owned ore processing company said it will be in a position to choose a partner for a sprawling lithium project by mid next year.
