"We have had a lot of licences being used for speculative purposes and we want to curtail that," Zambia's mines minister Paul Kabuswe.

Peter Bradford had led IGO since March 2014 and was also president of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.

Germany wants to expand investment in Mongolia to help secure strategically important raw materials including copper and rare earths, according to Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The chairman of EN+ dismissed media reports that Washington is weighing restricting imports of Russian metal.

The new agreements with Cuban partners would allow the Moa joint venture to prioritize dividend payments in the form of finished cobalt.

Globally just 17% of electronic waste is collected and recycled on average.

This investment represents second completed by Osisko on the AntaKori project.

Just as Aurubis and Codelco aim to grab market share in Europe by replacing Russian metal, they risk losing market share in Asia if large amounts of Russian copper are displaced from the European market.