Jiangxi Copper has canceled its plan to construct a copper scrap processing plant in Malaysia, chairman Zheng Gaoqing said on Thursday April 8 in a conference call to investors. In 2019, Jiangxi Copper became the first Chinese company to receive approval to set up a 150,000-tonne-per-year copper facility in Malaysia to process low quality copper scrap including insulated copper wire (ICW). Th...Read More

Chile's Codelco, the world's No. 1 copper producer, is taking Ecuador to international arbitration over the Llurimagua exploration project, which is being jointly advanced by the two nations.The 982-million-tonne Llurimagua copper project, about 80 km northeast of Ecuador's capital of Quito, is in the advanced exploration stage and could become the first mine the Chilean giant operates abroad.T...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and its majority-owned Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) have reached a deal that ends a standoff between the companies over funding for an expansion of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.The funding plan addresses the remaining US$2.3 billion needed for the underground project, building on and replacing deals set up under a m...Read More

Chinese ferrous scrap buyers are considering higher bids for imported heavy scrap, with steel mills in both east and northeast China looking to purchase more quantities in the coming weeks."Buyers in the northeast can bid as high as $485-500 per tonne cfr China," a trader in China told Fastmarkets.A buyer source at a south China-based steel mill said he was willing to purchase at $480-500 per tonn...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have ended a year-long standoff with an agreement that gives the country's government a majority stake in the Porgera gold mine and outlines plans to restart operations.The agreement sets up a new joint venture, in which PNG stakeholders have a 51% stake and Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) 49%. The partnership owns the gold mine...Read More

Import prices for ferrous scrap in Vietnam are still increasing due to a strengthening downstream steel market, though the rate of increase has slowed, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 9.A higher auction price at Japan's Kanto Tetsugen, a cooperative of scrap dealers in the Tokyo area, will likely support further price increases.Bulk cargoes of Japanese H2 scrap were offered to Vietnam at...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday April 9. China  Seaborne low- and high-grade manganese ore prices continued to trend downward amid thin liquidity. Participants from both sides of the market submitted lower assessments citing the relatively low price levels at portside markets and high stocks. Spot demand for portsid...Read More

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A massive wave of stimulus has injected more than just money into North American households. Indeed, a wave of optimism has hit Main Street. Investors now are more bullish than ever regarding the economic outlook coming out of this pandemic right now.Accordingly, inflation expectations are rising. Given the fact most central banks have indicated they’ll keep rates near zero for some time, th...Read More

At PDAC2021, we spoke with Ronald Thiessen, who is the President & CEO of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE American: NAK), a mineral exploration and development Company based in Vancouver, Canada. Northern Dynasty's principal asset, owned through its wholly owned Alaska-based U.S. subsidiary, Pebble Limited Partnership, is a 100% interest in the Pebble world-class polymetallic copper...Read More

Dow closes the week at a new all time high.Small gains in gold and silver.Investors haven't yet realized the Fed can't stop inflation.Bitcoin is not an inflation hedge.Record number of Americans don't want jobs.60 Minutes is fake news.US Customs targets me at the airport.Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schif...Read More