May 12, 2020 As demand implodes, zinc supply chain starts to adjust The LME zinc price has bounced by 20% from its March low of $1,685 a tonne to $2,020.
May 12, 2020 Miners buck M&A slump with pandemic gold deals More than $16 billion of mergers, acquisitions and investments in other sectors have been terminated in last month.
May 11, 2020 Vale’s covid-19 challenge winners Nearly 1,800 solutions were submitted globally and over 300 came from Canada.
May 11, 2020 Gran Colombia proposes merger with Gold X, Guyana Goldfields This combined entity would continue as Gran Colombia.
May 11, 2020 Chile mining trade group sees copper supply glut of 200,000 tonnes in 2020 The association anticipates demand to decrease by 3.5-4% and supply to fall by 3%.
May 11, 2020 Metals markets to move into surplus — report Fitch has revised down 2020 copper consumption growth forecasts for China and the US.
May 11, 2020 Fortuna raises $60m to complete Lindero project construction The Lindero gold project was 94% complete as of March 19, when Argentina's social isolation mandate kicked in.
May 11, 2020 Aurania finds road that may have connected ancient mining towns in Ecuador Using LiDAR, the field team identified what could be an ancient road at its Lost Cities - Cutucu project.
May 11, 2020 SolGold scores $150m in funding from Franco Nevada The Ecuador-focused copper and gold miner will use the funding to speed up a feasibility study of its Alpala project.
May 11, 2020 Demand for battery metals to jump 500% by 2050 The World Bank estimates that over 3 billion tonnes of minerals and metals will be needed to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies.
Gold price surpasses $4,900 as record rally carries on Spot gold rose nearly 2% to set a fresh all-time high of $4,923.63 per ounce. January 22, 2026 | 11:59 am
