This post was originally published on this site.Ten people have been killed in clashes between security forces and protesters in Guinea’s northeastern gold-producing region of Siguiri, as a government crackdown on artisanal mining triggers mass expulsions and a growing humanitarian crisis in neighbouring countries. The violence erupted Wednesday when defence and security forces attempted to enforce a Nov. 2 ban on unregulated artisanal gold mining, Reuters reported. Protesters erected barricades on public roads before the confrontation escalated into an exchange of gunfire, Guinea’s Ministry of Territorial Administration said in a statement. Five foreign nationals were among those killed, while 13...

This post was originally published on this site.Deutsche Bank says copper prices could surge to $10 a pound by mid-2027 as shrinking supplies of readily available metal threaten a liquidity crisis, challenging a more cautious outlook from Goldman Sachs. The bullish forecast comes as Goldman Sachs warns its $15,400-per-tonne copper price projection for 2027 faces downside risks following the US midterm elections. The bank estimates prices could average $14,600 a tonne if investor positioning remains unchanged, or about $14,500 if reduced tariff expectations undermine US stockpiling. “We are probably today in the scarcest copper environment since the 1980s,” Daniel Ghali,...