December 9, 2020

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.

December 9, 2020

Taseko’s Florence Copper granted aquifer protection permit

Florence has a planned average annual production rate of 84 million lbs. of copper from probable reserves of 345 million tonnes grading 0.36% copper.

December 9, 2020

Largo to supply vanadium to clean energy storage co.

Largo Clean Energy will receive raw materials from the Maracás Menchen mine in Brazil.

December 8, 2020

Minerals and metals demand recovery in 2021 – report

Fitch sees mining and metals capital expenditure improving in 2021, compared with 2020.

December 8, 2020

US Steel to buy remaining Big River stake amid steel surge

U.S. Steel is exercising a call option and will use cash on hand to buy the stake for about $774 million.

December 8, 2020

KORE Mining finds gold occurrences on California project

KORE is currently permitting a district-scale drill program for next year.

December 8, 2020

Newmont to spend $500m over 5 years on climate initiatives

Company last month committed to a 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050.

December 7, 2020

The death of US shale has been greatly exaggerated

The industry could be primed to recover much faster than what we have been led to believe.

December 7, 2020

Gold stock correction matures

While this total selloff could still deepen, waning downside risks are increasingly being outweighed by big upside potential.

December 7, 2020

Biden infrastructure plans will prop up base metals markets

Plans by US President-elect to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure are expected to underpin metals prices in the coming months.