by Gordon Barratt | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Copper rallied for a fourth day to reach a seven-year high, adding to this week’s powerful surge across base metals on hopes for a post-pandemic demand boom. The metal, which is used in everything from household wiring to electric vehicles, is gaining on optimism that...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Surbiton Associates director Sandra Close believes Australia’s gold production in 2020 may surpass last year’s record results despite output dropping in the September quarter. Gold output in the September 2020 quarter was 81 tonnes, marking a four-tonne decrease from...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Victoria’s Legislative Council Environment and Planning committee has flagged that it is unlikely that the state will change its stance on uranium mining. In the committee’s its inquiry into nuclear prohibition report, the committee pondered Australia’s future for...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Britain’s most prestigious universities have taken more than £60m in research and teaching funding from companies in the coal, oil and gas sector in the past five years, The Independent can reveal. Data obtained via freedom of information (FOI) requests shows that...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Coal barges queue to be pulled along Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, PHOTO: REUTERS China plans to buy about US$1.5 billion (S$2 billion) of coal from Indonesia after agreeing to a new three-year supply pact, a move that has the potential to...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 26, 2020 | News
Total metals & mining industry M&A deals in Q3 2020 worth $686.45m were announced in Canada, according to GlobalData’s deals database. The value marked a decrease of 76.7% over the previous quarter and a drop of 81.2% when compared with the last four-quarter...
