Battery grade lithium prices in China surge 68%

Zinc continued to slide after entering a bear market amid concern about increased supply and declining demand.

Results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment show Cangrejos is one of the world's top 15 undeveloped gold projects based on its average annual production potential.

OZ Minerals has announced that it has a relevant interest in Avanco of more than 90%, which means the company will now “compulsorily acquire” all of the remaining shares and acquire the fellow copper producer entirely.

Disruption to copper's supply chain has taken place at the refined metal segment of the chain, distorting trade flows but not directly removing units from the supply-demand balance.

The miner, which has set an exploration objective of adding one million gold equivalent ounces to Cerro Moro's mineral inventory, has hiked its exploration budget for 2018 to $11.2 million from $9 million.

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Workers are threatening to walk off the job soon to protest plans to transform the century-old open pit into an underground mine.

Samarco's operations have been suspended since Brazil's mining disaster.

Strong demand growth will be largely focused on high-grade lithium, according to research firm Roskill.