Zinc hits 19-month high amid supply worries, demand recovery
Zinc rallied to the highest since April 2019, lifted by concerns over falling Chinese production and as hopes for a US stimulus deal buoyed market sentiment.
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Lundin Gold goes ahead with $18.6m Fruta del Norte expansion
The mine and mill expansion will take throughput from 3,500 to 4,200 tonnes per day over the 14-year life of the mine.
New South Wales greenlights Russell Vale mine expansion
Project will deliver a net economic benefit to the state of up to A$174 million and create ongoing employment for 205 people.
Largo to supply vanadium to clean energy storage co.
Largo Clean Energy will receive raw materials from the Maracás Menchen mine in Brazil.
Rio Tinto should pay for sacred caves blast — inquiry
The parliamentary inquiry into Rio's destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal site in May did not refer to what financial compensation the miner should pay.
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.
Minerals and metals demand recovery in 2021 – report
Fitch sees mining and metals capital expenditure improving in 2021, compared with 2020.
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.