Lithium producers bullish on long-term demand despite recent price drop

After surging to a record above $2,450 an ounce, bullion has traded in a fairly narrow range amid the uncertainty over the Fed’s rate trajectory.

The trades are part of a broader deluge of investment into the copper market, with the value of long positions held by fund managers in London and New York futures tripling this year.

Treaty Creek, in the Golden Triangle region of northwest British Columbia, is a joint venture project with Tudor Gold and Teuton Resources.

China's iron ore imports in the first five months reached 513.75 million tons, a year-on-year rise of 7%.

China accounts for 70% of rare earths mining globally and 90% of refined output.

The Copper World mine is expected to produce about 92,000 tonnes of the metal a year for the first decade of its anticipated 20-year life.

The qualification testing is an important aspect of the MOU signed earlier with C4V for a potential manganese offtake deal.

This new partnership offers B2Gold a chance to see the value in generally unrecognized royalties.

Aluminum prices have rallied 11% this year, creating an incentive for recyclers to go out in search of additional sources of scrap.