Cobalt prices could rally 30% by mid-2019
Glencore's suspension of Congo exports shows how cobalt production expansion plans can go awry.
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Torex sets record gold and mine production in Q3
The company mined at an average grade of 2.6 grams gold per tonne in the quarter.
Baffinland Iron Mines sets 5 million tonne shipping record
This establishes the record for the largest shipping program ever executed in the Canadian High Arctic.
Integra hits highest grade results to date at Florida Mountain
Drilling is set to resume at Florida Mountain in the first half of 2019 and is fully funded.
Chile copper output hits 4.25m tonnes through September, up 7.3%
Chile, the world's top copper exporter, produced 4.25 million tonnes of copper in the first nine months of 2018.
Abundant aluminium stocks and low prices conceal tight market
Aluminium is a metal key for the transport and packaging industries but at current prices about 40% of the world's aluminium production is losing money.
Indonesia’s Inalum sells $4B in bonds to fund Freeport purchase
The deal came amid choppy global markets, rocked by trade concerns and slowing economic growth in Asia - including Indonesia.
BHP to meet iron ore commitments despite train derailment – CEO
The miner suspended its rail operations after the incident that wrecked track and left a locomotive and wagons upturned nearly 120 km south of Port Hedland.
China October rare earth exports slump to 3-year low
The world's largest producer of rare earth minerals shipped 3,100 tonnes last month, versus 4,950 tonnes in September.
