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The company has agreed to buy a share of cobalt production from Vale’s Voisey’s Bay mine in Canada, giving the mining royalty and streaming company exposure to the key battery metal for the first time.

Minexx has exported minerals with full financial transparency – a milestone for the sector.

Company also expects to begin commercial production at its Aripuanã zinc project in Brazil by 2022.

Mining firms in Chile, the world’s No.1 copper producer, warned that costs could rise as labor unions and vendors also try to cash in on the trend.

KGHM sees copper demand rising amid green energy projects - CEO.

Company partially suspended operations at its Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines in Siberia because it had detected an inflow of water underground.

High copper prices could give unionized workers leverage ahead of upcoming labor negotiations.

Natalie Scott-Gray, a senior metals analyst at StoneX, forecasts copper demand in 2021 will rise by about 5% year-on-year.

Codelco warns that the spike in prices could drive up its costs.