July 23, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Massive Canadian mine gets green light, Pentagon resumes rare earth program, and more...

July 23, 2020

Gold price within reach of $1,900

Spot gold hit an intraday high of $1,897.90 on Thursday.

July 22, 2020

Shandong Gold ups offer for Cardinal

Shandong Gold has improved its offer by 16% to fend off Nordgold's interest.

July 22, 2020

Map shows global mining “relatively unscathed” by pandemic

"It’s likely that miners will need to boost investment in local communities for some time as the full impact of covid-19 continues to play out."

July 22, 2020

Silver price surges to highest in seven years

Silver prices have risen around 15% this week powered by low interest rates, resurgent investment demand, disrupted production and a recovery in industrial consumption.

July 22, 2020

Perfect storm in scrap is copper’s hidden bull driver

Global scrap trade flows have dropped significantly over the past two years as China has closed the import door.

July 21, 2020

INFOGRAPHIC: Covid-19 impact on gold supply chain

Increased investor demand for gold coupled with a constrained supply has led to high prices and a bullish market.

July 21, 2020

Platinum and palladium prices to rise through 2021

Palladium will average $2,050 this year and $2,138 in 2021, a Reuters poll showed.

July 20, 2020

Spherical graphite producers impacted by low demand

Roskill says that low demand is the result of major cuts to Chinese new energy vehicle incentives and the covid-19 pandemic.

July 17, 2020

Cobalt price: BMW avoids the Congo conundrum – for now

German firm's unique deal with world's only primary cobalt mine avoids DRC human rights problems entirely, something no cellphone or carmaker can claim.