Tahltan Nation takes equity stake in Eskay Creek gold project, Skeena returns Spectrum mineral claims for nature conservancy.

"We’re here to talk about the revenge of the miners and how important it is that we sustainably mine copper metal for the new world economy."

Goldman Sachs this week raised its 12-month target for copper to $11,000 a tonne, while Citi recommended clients take on bullish copper exposure over the next few weeks.

Companies and financial firms are now investing over $100 billion a year on energy storage and the electrification of transportation.

The first-round winner of Peru’s Presidential election, Pedro Castillo, wants to renegotiate contracts with mining companies rather than seize assets, a party official said.

Citing US national security grounds the Trump administration in 2018 imposed tariffs of 25% on EU steel and 10% on aluminum.

Primary aluminum output in China, the world's top producer, was up 8.5% year-on-year at 3.28 million tonnes in March