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Copper price surges to new 8-year high on supply worries

Industrial activities remain high in China despite the Lunar New Year, keeping demand up.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2021 | 10:35 am

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A roundup of the biggest stories of the week.

MINING.com Editor | February 12, 2021 | 10:00 pm

Nickel price at highest since 2014 amid growing EV battery demand

Nickel has quietly been going neck-in-neck with copper since the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 12:36 pm

Copper price rally slows ahead of Chinese holiday

Traders and leading investors say the market needs more good…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 8:43 am

Crypto’s rapid rise means investors need gold, top miner says

The rise of cryptocurrencies, including red-hot Bitcoin, just handed one…

Bloomberg News | February 11, 2021 | 8:09 am

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CHARTS: Gold price – inflation you win, deflation they lose

Gold's longest bull run took place against a backdrop of generally low – and at times negative – inflation.

Frik Els | February 4, 2015 | 9:55 pm

Roubini gives a talking to gold bugs, other ‘pseuds and hacks’

Dr Doom explains why the predictions of "Austrian economists, radical monetarists, gold bugs, and Bitcoin fanatics" have been so "spectacularly wrong".

Frik Els | February 3, 2015 | 8:04 pm

Yukon Zinc in legal tussle with contractor

Embarrassment and financial harm.

Michael Allan McCrae | February 3, 2015 | 6:56 pm

India reclaims top spot as No. 1 gold consumer

India is back to being the number one consumer of gold, knocking China off the top of the podium as the country that consumed the most bullion in the form of gold bars, coins and jewelry, in 2014.

Andrew Topf | February 1, 2015 | 7:03 pm

‘Resounding bearishness’ grips iron ore market

The iron ore price fell again on Thursday losing nearly 6% in four days and falling to a fresh five-and-a-half year low within shouting distance of $60.

Frik Els | January 29, 2015 | 10:40 pm

Here is how metal-eating bacteria may make asteroid mining profitable

The technique, known as biomining, is already being tested here on Earth as a sustainable treatment of ores and mine waste.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 5:31 pm

MMG to begin pre-extraction at Las Bambas despite copper rout

The firm expects production at Ferrobamba, one of the four deposits that make up Las Bambas project, to start early next year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 12:00 pm

China’s gold imports plummet

Down nearly a third in 2014 as anti-corruption drive curbs conspicuous consumption and investment money flows into Shanghai stock market.

Frik Els | January 27, 2015 | 7:09 pm

Another day another iron ore price drop

Another slide on Tuesday drops iron ore price 13.4% year to date, but latest forecasts see another double digit dip from current levels.

Frik Els | January 27, 2015 | 6:44 pm

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