Copper • Mar 21, 2026
Power List: Movers of the March 20 Mining Week
Everyone thinks the mining cycle is a slow, grinding machine that moves at the pace of a retreating glacier. They’re wrong. In 2026, the industry is…
Charles Pitts
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.
Critical Minerals • Mar 21, 2026
Almonty Industries Sangdong Mine: Update
China currently controls approximately 88% of the world’s tungsten supply. That is not a statistic; it is a chokehold. For three decades, the West has been…
Copper • Mar 20, 2026
Skillings Mining Intelligence: The Gold Floor
The narrative that gold has peaked is officially dead. If you’ve been watching the charts this week, you’ve seen the institutional liquidation. On the surface, it…
Copper • Mar 20, 2026
Dominga Project Permit: Update, Timeline, and
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile : The legal saga of the Dominga mining and port project just took another sharp, unexpected turn. In a move that has blindsided environmental…
Gold • Mar 19, 2026
Gold Price Forecast 2026: Drivers, Risks, a (1)
Gold isn't just a safe haven anymore. In 2026, it has become a screaming indictment of the global monetary system. While the establishment media spent years…
Copper • Mar 19, 2026
Weekly Power List: The 10 Movers and Shakers
Most market analysts are looking toward 2030 as the "crunch year." They’re late. The 2026 Mining Cycle is already eating its own, and the winners are…
Copper • Mar 19, 2026
The AI-Energy Nexus: Why Big Tech is Drifting
The silicon dream has a metallic reality. For years, the narrative surrounding Artificial Intelligence was one of ethereal "clouds" and weightless algorithms. In 2026, that illusion…
Critical Minerals • Mar 18, 2026
Critical Mineral Supply Secrets Revealed
The "green revolution" is a lie. Not because the technology doesn't work, but because the math behind the materials doesn't add up. We’ve been told for…
Gold • Mar 17, 2026
Gold price forecast 2026: drivers, risks, and the $5,000
The establishment narrative likes to call gold a "pet rock." They say it’s a non-yielding relic of a bygone era, outpaced by the shiny AI revolution…
Copper • Mar 16, 2026
Copper Price Forecast 2026: Why Everyone Is (1)
The global copper market is careening toward a structural wall. While mainstream financial media remains obsessed with quarterly earnings and short-term interest rate pivots, the mining…
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