In November, Colchilco forecast a price of $2.90 for 2021.

Stocks of the galvanising metal surged to a three-year high of 294,500 tonnes this week thanks to the “arrival” of 106,000 tonnes in the space of just two days.

During the fourth quarter, production of copper and silver grew - up 2.4% and 22.9%, respectively - compared to the year-ago period.

Australia has managed to ship more coal to other regional consumers, such as India, Vietnam and Thailand.

Smelter benchmark at decade lows after what was supposed to be a year of mined supply growth turned out to be the second consecutive year of zero growth.

Turkey had produced 42 tonnes of gold in 2020, a record high, and it would produce more in 2021.

The Japanese trading house, which owns a 54.17% stake in the project, posted an impairment loss of 55 billion yen for the April-June quarter.

Sunday's dramatic extraction of 11 survivors found nine bodies, taking the death toll to 10.

Ten miners are still unaccounted for.

The miner was trapped 14 days below ground by an explosion.

Simandou in Guinea is home to the world's richest untapped deposits of iron ore.

World aluminum output rose by 2.5% to a record 65.3 million tonnes last year.