Iron ore price rises back above $100 as China steps in to ease property woes
Chinese regulators on Sunday urged banks to extend loans to qualified real estate projects and meet developers financing needs where reasonable.
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Marathon Gold reaches permit milestones for Valentine
The company is moving the Valentine gold project forward thanks to new permits and stakeholder agreements.
Coal-rich Poland rushes to imports as Russian sanctions bite
The European Union’s top coal producer is scrambling to fill a potential deficit of the fuel ahead of winter.
China plans iron ore giant to assert market control
China spent about $180 billion on iron ore imports last year.
Chinese lithium giant pulls EVs deeper into forced labor glare
Ganfeng’s Chairman earlier this year visited Xinjiang, where activists say Uyghurs and other Muslim citizens have been subjected to forced labor.
Governments turn against deep-sea mining as EV boom drives demand for metals
The deep ocean contains the largest estimated deposits of minerals on the planet, potentially worth trillions of dollars.
Botswana Diamonds kicks off drilling at Thorny River’s high-grade area
The exploration program focuses on the recently discovered high-grade geophysical area of the diamond project.
Feeding copper to microbes may help curb GHG emissions
Copper is key to avoiding the production of nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas.
Barrick close to final deal with Pakistan on $7bn copper project
Teams from Barrick and Pakistan are currently finalizing a framework deal to develop the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit.
