Zinc price soars as power crunch forces Nyrstar to idle French plant

Russian diamond giant says decision to restore underground mine will be made before 2024, but construction could take up to eight years.

Reserves were estimated at 628 million carats.

High availability of copper and low availability of oxygen during the Neoproterozoic period gave scientists the first clues.

The parcel of land proposed by state officials in September 2018 was deemed unsuitable from a social and environmental standpoint.

The body, which looks into the way the Polish state operates and how it spends public funds, says the company has spent more than $5.2B in three years on the underperforming Sierra Gorda mine.

But global gold-backed ETF flows remain positive on the year ($1.7 billion) on the back of strong inflows in January.

The proposed ban would last from May 1 to Oct. 31 this year.

Intergeo, a part of Onexim Group, is developing Russia's second largest nickel deposit and one of Russia's top-5 copper reserves.

PPC wants to conclude the sale by May and has been in touch with investors from the United States, Russia and China.