Wagner Group linked to $2.5 billion in illicit gold trading – report
Globally, artisanal and small-scale gold mining accounts for about 20% of annual gold production.
Europe’s largest copper producer Aurubis sees a trend for rising copper prices thanks to higher demand for more electronics goods, its chief executive told a German paper.
“Even if there may be short-terms price swings in either direction… demand for copper is rising with increasing prosperity in countries such as China,” Bernd Drouven told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
