Copper price slides to eight-week low after more soft data from China
Copper prices recently hit a record high above $11,000, but have since retreated due to rising inventories and economic weakness in China.
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Record copper prices likely to pause US scrap shipments to China
Scrap typically accounts for about 9 million tonnes or roughly 30% of global copper supplies annually.
Japan, Chile boost ties in lithium extraction, supply
Japanese firms would have long-term preferential access to the battery metal in exchange for adding value and transferring skills.
Cornish Metals to sell Nickel King asset
Cornish Metals will stay involved in the nickel-copper-cobalt property's potential success while concentrating on its South Crofty tin project.
Taseko reaches tentative labour deal for Gibraltar mine restart
Gibraltar is the second-largest open-pit copper mine in Canada.
Chile says Saudi mining minister to visit, lithium expected on agenda
Chile is the world's second-largest producer of lithium.
Serbia to give green light for Rio Tinto’s lithium mine
The Jadar project could potentially produce 58,000 tons of lithium a year, starting in 2028.
Orano at risk of losing Niger uranium mine sought by Russia
Imouraren is one of the world’s biggest uranium deposits, with reserves estimated at 200,000 tons.
Saudi mining minister to visit Chile in July
The Middle Eastern country is interested in obtaining lithium overseas as it aims to enter the electric vehicle sector.
