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Gold edged lower toward $4,340 an ounce on Monday as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this week,…
Gold processing infrastructure at a modern mine site. Gold and silver prices fell sharply Thursday after a hotter U.S. producer-price report and a surge in oil…
Gold mining costs have moved decisively above the $1,500-an-ounce threshold, marking a structural shift in the economics of producing the metal even as record prices continue…
Silver refinery operations are becoming a more important variable as mine supply stagnates and the market faces another structural deficit. Silver is entering 2026 with a…
Guyana’s interior landscape near the proposed Eagle Mountain gold project. Mako Mining has signed a mineral agreement with the Government of Guyana for its Eagle Mountain…
Gold doré produced during commissioning at a Brazilian mine. Cabral Gold has poured its first gold at the Phase 1 Cuiú Cuiú mine in Pará state,…
Ghana is courting Australian investors to develop its critical minerals sector as the country looks beyond its traditional gold-led mining industry. The push puts Ghana critical…
Large-scale gold operations are generating unusually wide margins as prices outpace cost inflation. Gold producers entered 2026 with an unusually powerful financial advantage: the price of…
New Simberi’s processing and mining infrastructure on Simberi Island, Papua New Guinea. St Barbara has agreed to sell its remaining interest in the New Simberi Gold…
Copper near US$14,223 a tonne, gold around US$4,425 an ounce, lithium carbonate at roughly RMB150,000–160,000 a tonne and uranium near US$96 a pound are setting the…
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