Big mining stocks make spectacular covid comeback
Early running was made by gold stocks, but large-scale diversified companies and base metal producers have now caught up as iron ore and copper prices rally hard.
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Minerals and metals demand recovery in 2021 – report
Fitch sees mining and metals capital expenditure improving in 2021, compared with 2020.
US Steel to buy remaining Big River stake amid steel surge
U.S. Steel is exercising a call option and will use cash on hand to buy the stake for about $774 million.
Sabina expands Back River gold zones
The drill highlights include 43.7 metres of 3.74 g/t gold from the Umwelt hinge target, where three holes tested approximately 300 metres of plunge of an iron formation.
Diamond industry forecast for 2021 and beyond
Global diamond production this year fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats.
China’s imports of major commodities show early signs of moderating
Demand growth is moderating and imports may tend to stay around current levels, rather than show some of the dramatic increases from earlier in 2020.
Rio Tinto may face a fine when Australia cave inquiry reports on Weds
Even then, in the context of Rio Tinto's $123 billion valuation, the amount was not likely to be material.
KORE Mining finds gold occurrences on California project
KORE is currently permitting a district-scale drill program for next year.
US targets illegal North Korean coal sales with new sanctions
North Korea jump-started coal exports after shutting down almost all shipments during the first few months of the year while it sought to block the spread of the coronavirus.