Top Swiss-based refiner Metalor is currently the mine’s only gold buyer, which shipped $363 million worth of gold to Switzerland since 2016.

The country accounted for almost 5% of global production of the battery material in 2022.

Copper usage appears to be growing faster than previously forecasted, while mine supply is yet again failing to live up to expectations.

The continent’s financial institutions won’t be able to provide even half of that, according to Standard Bank.

The world's no. 2 copper producer saw its first quarter copper output rise 11.2% from the same period of 2022.

Miners are scrambling to develop projects.  

The government agreed to amend its mining royalty bill to cap the maximum effective tax rate at 46.5% of operating profit from 47% previously.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products totaled 407,294 tonnes in April.