Barrick Gold’s Pierina mine may operate til 2018

The yellow metal has gained 27% so far this year.

The Chinese miners allegedly owed $10 million in unpaid taxes and fines to the government.

Firm expects global lithium demand to increase 26% to 1.46 million tonnes in 2025 on a lithium carbonate equivalent basis.

BMO Capital Markets has lowered its demand estimates for next year on the anticipation that higher tariffs and multilateral trade friction could tamp down industrial output.