MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

MINING.COM MINUTE is a roundup of the biggest stories from the global mining and metals industry. Share and get up to speed in a mining minute.

This week's top stories:

Copper price rally builds as China's spending balloons - Read the story here. Bidding war for Guyana Goldfields heats up - Read the story here. Guinea approves SMB-Winning deal for Simandou - Read the story here. Novagold on defensive after short-seller shreds its Alaska project - Read the story here. Blasts at ancient Aboriginal site expose widening ESG frontline - Read the story here. Top jewellery maker to only use recycled gold, silver - Read the story here.

Click here for last week's roundup, starting with Vale's massive dam burst fine

Many new players enter TSXV gold Top 25 by market cap

Gold stocks mixed on moderate metal gain, flat equities

Gold stocks lead the large cap miners by far over H1/25

Gold stocks up as the metal price and equities gain

Mixed outlook for gold as it remains range bound for past three months