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Precious Metals Summit: Top industry minds reflect on surging gold price, humdrum equities

Experts predict gold, which hit an all-time high of $2,554.78 per oz. on Thursday, to be on a long-term bull run.

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | September 13, 2024 | 12:42 pm

Graphic: Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed record $3,000 milestone

Gold bulls are locking in bullion prices surging to fresh…

Reuters | September 13, 2024 | 7:52 am

Lithium world asks if surprise mine shutdown can arrest slump

Lithium spot prices have tumbled almost 90% since late 2022.

Bloomberg News | September 12, 2024 | 8:01 am

Iron ore price soars to over one-week high on upbeat seasonal demand outlook

Steel demand is expected to return to growth in 2025,…

Reuters | September 12, 2024 | 6:45 am

China nickel tycoon seeks growth in US energy storage market

REPT BATTERO Energy, a unit of Tsingshan Holding Group, this…

Bloomberg News | September 11, 2024 | 4:38 pm

Europe needs way to price critical minerals independently of China, group says

Oversupply and weak prices of materials such as lithium, cobalt and rare earths are dampening cash flows of Western start-ups.

Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 6:55 am

Seabed mining regulator meets amid mounting pressure for code

Meeting is considered pivotal for the UN body, expected to finalize its decade-long effort to enact regulations by 2025.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2024 | 4:05 am

Liontown signs new deal to supply spodumene to China

The short-term deal is to ship 100,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Beijing Sinomine over 10 months.

Reuters | July 14, 2024 | 3:37 pm

Column: After another boom and bust, where next for lithium?

There was a similar boom-bust cycle in 2016-2017 but the difference this time is that no-one seems to be expecting a speedy recovery.

Reuters | July 14, 2024 | 8:35 am

Iron ore price heads for weekly fall on profit-taking ahead of key China meeting

Iron ore prices are expected to remain under pressure from dwindling demand in the short term.

Reuters | July 12, 2024 | 9:49 am

Weak market for critical minerals seen dampening Western efforts to counter China

Lithium price has tumbled by more than 80% since the beginning of 2023.

Reuters | July 12, 2024 | 7:15 am

Chinese deep-sea mining vehicle reaches 4,000m depth in trial run

The "Kaituo 2" successfully completed an experiment in the Pacific Ocean that demonstrated technological advances China has made in the field of deep-sea mining.

Staff Writer | July 11, 2024 | 12:14 pm

Nearby copper price hit by weak China demand, warehouse surplus

Industry sources say the reason behind record high contangos is climbing costs of financing metals fuelled by higher interest rates.

Reuters | July 11, 2024 | 9:43 am

Zambia says China’s JCHX will invest $300m in Lubambe copper mine

Some of the investment will go toward sinking a new shaft at Lubambe over the next two to five years.

Reuters | July 11, 2024 | 7:55 am

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