The world’s biggest copper trader expects the metal to breach $10,000 a tonne this year, before entering a range of $12,000 to $15,000 a tonne over the coming decade.

Soaring shipping costs, booming demand and tight supplies of primary and scrap aluminium are likely to fuel further price rises for the metal.

By reprocessing tailings, Barrick Gold will obtain concentrated sulfur for its Nevada Gold Mines and eliminate a source of potential groundwater contamination.

The expansion would increase production to an average of 218,000 gold oz. annually.

Another central bank firing in Turkey, a major gold buyer, strengthened the US dollar and drove down prices.

NeoLith Energy’s approach aims to reduce production time from over a year to weeks.

The bull and bear case for copper price.