Zinc8 gets $9 million grant to establish zinc-air battery production facility in New York State

The tension between demand and supply, coming as capital costs at mines rise while copper prices are slower to catch up, leads to significant price projections and concerns over the metal's availability.

Copper mining has been halted in France for more than two decades.

Orla said it had notified authorities of its intentions with the hope of motivating talks between the parties.

Tin is now up by 27% since the start of the year.

Futures on the London Metal Exchange have risen more than 12% so far this year.

Prices for the metal have rallied more than 13% over the past two weeks amid the threat of reduced output from refiners.

Owner China's MMG faces a fresh protest by local communities demanding greater benefits from the Las Bambas copper mine.

It comes about a month after a similar lawsuit was filed by the site's developer, Northern Dynasty Minerals.

The Aguablanca mine will produce a total of 43.2 million lb. nickel and 34.6 million lb. copper plus gold, platinum, and palladium.