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In May, Comex copper hit an all-time intraday high of nearly $5.20 a pound or $11,500 per tonne. Positioning went to such net lengths that dollar trading volumes scaled $100 billion (twice the Dow ...

Oct 17, 2024 · This graphic by Visual Capitalist Elements visualizes the total cobalt supply from the top 10 producers in 2030, highlighting China’s dominance. China’s footprint in Africa. Cobalt is a ...

Oct 15, 2024 · The company must now submit exploitation and closure plans by the end of 2025, provide financial security and a company guarantee by June 30th, 2026, and begin mining by the end of 2028.

Apr 26, 2023 · With modern mining techniques making large-scale production possible, global gold production has grown exponentially since the 1800s. The above infographic uses data from Our World in Data to ...

Oct 5, 2024 · Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

Oct 9, 2024 · Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it would acquire Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 billion in an all-cash deal that would make it one of the world’s largest lithium producers.

Jan 2, 2025 · Prices for nickel, used in stainless steel and batteries, dropped towards $15,000 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, as the dollar added pressure on industrial metals toward the end of the ...

Jul 7, 2024 · Gold has re-emerged as one of the top asset classes of 2024, having risen by 12% year to date and shattered multiple records along the way. It is now well on track for its best year since 2020.

Oct 24, 2024 · The company reported nearly 100 metres of copper and nickel mineralization from its first drill hole at the Boulderdash target in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with a grade of 1.6% copper ...