Gold bulls eye more record highs despite lightning gains Gold's record high at $2,305.04 an ounce hit on Thursday amounts to a gain of 12% since the start of the year. Reuters | April 5, 2024 | 5:43 am
Zambia’s copper output may rise to 1mt by 2026 as mines expand Output from Africa's second-largest producer slumped to 698,000 tons in 2023 from 763,000 tons the previous year. Reuters | April 5, 2024 | 5:25 am
Zimbabwe launches “gold-backed” currency to replace dollar The new currency, ZiG, will be supported by a combination of foreign currencies, gold and other precious metals. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2024 | 5:08 am
Stanmore Resources secures full control of Eagle Downs Stanmore had acquired the first 50% of Eagle Downs metallurgical coal project from South32 in early February. Staff Writer | April 5, 2024 | 3:49 am
Graphite’s war-fighting capabilities Natural graphite and aluminium are the materials most commonly used across military applications and are also subject to considerable supply security risks. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | April 4, 2024 | 5:10 pm
Teck reports Q1 steelmaking coal sales of 5.9mt Results in line with the lower end of its forecast of 5.9 million tonnes to 6.3 million tonnes. Reuters | April 4, 2024 | 4:33 pm
Surge Battery Metals to begin drilling at Nevada North lithium project next month Surge reported in February a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate on NNLP which it said had the highest grade lithium clay resource in the US. Staff Writer | April 4, 2024 | 4:28 pm
Charted: The value gap between the gold price and gold miners While gold prices hit all-time highs, gold mining stocks have lagged far behind. Visual Capitalist - Elements | April 4, 2024 | 3:53 pm
Record-high gold exports drive Canada’s trade surplus wider More than half of the export growth was driven by a sharp 69% rise in exports of unwrought gold, with increased high-value shipments of refined gold. Bloomberg News | April 4, 2024 | 2:42 pm