Is copper the new oil?
An energy transition is happening. Moving to a target of net-zero global emissions requires a steady move from fossil fuels to renewable energy, or sources that reduce emissions, while not…
Copper’s bull run at risk as China enters slow summer season
A stunning V-shaped recovery in the price of copper is looking stretched as top consumer China enters its summer construction slowdown and fears of supply disruptions from the coronavirus have…
Dr Copper flashing an SOS signal?
Good things tend to happen to the global economy when copper rises and bad things when its price falls on global metal exchanges. That is why Wall Street lore has…
Bacon and copper lead commodity price surge
Global prices for raw materials are soaring thanks to a boom in demand due to the recovery from the Covid-19 downturn, coupled with logistical bottlenecks. Copper in the past week…
Reko Diq copper: blessing or curse?
Bad news has been coming recently of Pakistan losing the case in International tribunal on the Reko Diq case. The penalty expected varies from 300-400 million USD to many billions…
Giant open-pit Chilean copper mine moves underground
Chilean miners at one of the world's biggest open-pit mines will soon be digging for copper underground, in a move to extend the life of the century-old site for 40…
Why don’t we progress?
They say democracy is the best form of government. We have tried all forms of governments but the country failed to progress the way some other countries in the region…
COP28: our expectations
The UAE is all set to host the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference. COP28 will focus on climate finance and the size and individual contributions for the Loss and Damage…
Hope in a time of despair
In these unprecedented times, the world seems to be hurtling into a dark abyss. A myriad of crises, spanning political, economic, financial, and climatic dimensions, looms over countries, casting a…
Reko Diq
In the early 1990s, Pakistan’s biggest gold and copper reserve was discovered at Reko Diq in Chaghai District of Balochistan. Two international world-class mining companies - Barrick Gold Company and…
