Despite the Covid-19-related economic dislocation that is under way, consultancy Roskill says prices in several metals markets have gone up year-to-date, and that mining equities have outperformed that of many other sectors. Despite this, the mining sector is far from immune to the Covid-19 disruption, with a Roskill White Paper, published on June 11, stating that the world economy has been experiencing its “quickest and largest contraction in modern times”.
