Copper price on the way up, but with many ‘ifs’ Long copper positions are building on both the LME and the COMEX. Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 8:39 am
Japanese thieves target Prius hybrids for platinum and palladium Palladium prices spiked shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. Bloomberg News | January 19, 2023 | 8:26 am
NI 43-101 consultation shows divide between regulators and industry In the wake of the Bre-X Minerals gold salting fraud of the 1990s, Canada's regulators National Instrument 43-101. But it isn't perfect. Alisha Hiyate | January 19, 2023 | 8:12 am
American Lithium says US funding will shore up nascent industry “In the last year or so we’ve started to see things really start to move,” CEO Simon Clarke said. Bloomberg News | January 19, 2023 | 8:04 am
Vedanta to sell overseas zinc business to India unit for $2.98 billion Vedanta has $900 million of debt due in the first half of 2023. Bloomberg News | January 19, 2023 | 7:58 am
LME CEO says nickel reforms to be implemented ‘relatively quickly’ Trading volumes at the LME have been slowly declining primarily due to increased competition from the OTC markets. Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 7:50 am
Congo sees deal on $6bn China mining contract overhaul this year The government is in active talks with representatives of Sicomines. Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 7:44 am
Nickel market surplus narrows to 9,200 tonnes in November, INSG says During the first 11 months of the year, the global market was oversupplied by 90,700 tonnes. Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 7:37 am
China’s 2022 gold output climbs, consumption weakens The country's gold output rose 13.09% year-on-year to 372.048 tonnes. Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 7:34 am
