China’s big silver squeeze persists even as prices steady
Domestic producers and traders are struggling to fill a backlog of orders, pushing up near-term prices and leaving the market heavily backwardated.
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Evolution Mining to power ahead with expansion
Australia’s second-largest gold miner will proceed with A$794 million ($562 million) worth of expansions at its Northparkes mine.
China’s Premier inspects rare earth facilities, hints at leverage in US rivalry
Li Qiang inspected rare earth facilities in the southern province of Jiangxi on Tuesday.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’
The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy.
Copper and aluminum prices drop as gains peter out before China break
Exchange inventories have been rising in China and the wider Asian market in the run-up to the holiday.
Roundup Video: Sixty North targets midyear Mon mine restart
The company plans to restart the past-producing gold mine in the Northwest Territories by midyear after installing a 100-tonne-per-day mill at the site.
American Tungsten drills high grades at former Idaho mine
The IMA project is the site of a former tungsten mine that operated between 1945 and 1957.
Black Pine among largest gold projects in western US
A resource update gives Black Pine 502.7 million indicated tonnes grading 0.3 gram gold per tonne for 4.8 million oz.
Column: India’s sponge iron boom rides to rescue South African coal
Finding bullish exporters of thermal coal has been tricky of late.