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Charles Pitts is the publisher of Skillings Mining Review, the trade journal that has covered mining since 1912. He writes on the macro forces behind metal prices: commodity cycles, sovereign capital and the shifting sources of demand. His current work argues that hyperscale AI, and the gigawatt-scale power its data centres need, is becoming a buyer of lithium and copper in its own right, competing with the automotive supply chain for tier-one reserves.
Copper cathode inventory at an industrial metals logistics facility. September Comex copper climbed to a record $6.7270 per pound on Aug. 27, as expectations of potential…
The historic Golden Rose mine is located about 14 km north of Inventus Mining’s Pardo Gold Project in Ontario. Inventus Mining has agreed to acquire the…
An alpine mining development area in Carinthia, Austria, near the Wolfsberg lithium project. Critical Metals Corp.’s proposed acquisition of European Lithium Ltd. is moving into the…
Southwest Greenland’s remote terrain is the setting for the Sarfartoq neodymium-praseodymium project. Greenland Mines Ltd. expects to complete its $35 million acquisition of the Sarfartoq Nd-Pr…
Freshly refined gold bars and doré reflect the physical market behind the bullion rally. Gold has broken decisively above $4,500 an ounce in August, extending a…
Zinc smelting infrastructure in a Latin American mining region. Boliden has agreed to acquire Votorantim’s 64.68% controlling stake in Nexa Resources for approximately $1.31 billion, creating…
Copper-gold exploration landscape in northern Chile’s Atacama Region. For mining investors, the latest flow of transactions points to a market increasingly rewarding control of high-quality assets,…
Rare earth processing equipment at an integrated industrial facility. This week’s mining market is being shaped by a common strategic imperative: control more of the value…
Mining, energy, and supply chains: explained without hype. The latest signals across mining markets point to a common constraint: securing future supply is becoming as important…
Challenger Gold has reported a significant drill intersection at its flagship Hualilan Gold Project in San Juan, Argentina, returning 108 metres grading 4.5 grams per tonne…
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