Global miners are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that can extract low concentrations of copper from waste rock and help avoid lengthy mine permitting delays.

Barrick Gold has nearly doubled its inventory of some key supplies at mines, CEO Mark Bristow says.

The facility, which will be built in in Alabama, will have a capacity of 600,000 tonnes of finished goods a year initially.

Bullion has been under pressure as the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy to fight accelerating consumer-price gains.

Shanghai said half the city had achieved “zero-COVID” status, but uncompromising restrictions had to remain in place under a national policy.

Panasonic has been scouting sites in Oklahoma and Kansas for its multibillion-dollar factory.

Ramon Martinez was the government's lead negotiator for a new contract with First Quantum.

While the auto giant has EV metals contracts with suppliers across the globe, its goal to produce 20 million vehicles annually by 2030 will require vastly more supplies of metals.