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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…
China’s lithium market has entered a more volatile phase as a prolonged shutdown at CATL’s Jianxiawo mine collides with stronger battery-storage demand and a supply response…
A working copper mine in Chile illustrates the scale and infrastructure required to add new supply. Copper has crossed a critical market milestone in 2026: prices…
By Charles Pitts Published: August 7, 2026 NEW YORK/LONDON : Copper futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (COMEX) shattered historical benchmarks on Friday, surging past…
The global architecture governing critical minerals has entered a decisive operational phase. As industrial demand accelerates across electric vehicles (EVs), grid-scale energy storage systems (ESS), artificial…
Refined silver bars and silver doré at a precious-metals refinery. Silver’s retreat to approximately US$68 an ounce after stronger-than-expected US inflation data showed how quickly macroeconomic…
Gold’s climb toward US$4,600 an ounce met a near-term obstacle this week when stronger-than-expected US inflation data lifted the dollar and pushed bond yields higher. BullionVault…
Cabless electric haulage is moving autonomy from a fleet-control project toward a broader redesign of the open-pit mine. Autonomous mining technology has reached a scale that…
TORONTO : Somerset Minerals has intersected significant high-grade copper-silver mineralization at its flagship Coppermine project in Nunavut, Canada, confirming a major new blind discovery beneath shallow…
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