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From copper and cobalt to rare earths and lithium, the minerals and metals that power modern life are at the heart of global mining. This section tracks production volumes, market prices, trade flows, and geopolitical shifts impacting the extraction and distribution of key resources. We spotlight battery metals, base metals, precious metals, and everything in between — along with the technologies and policies reshaping their supply chains. Whether you’re a trader, analyst, or enthusiast, stay informed with timely updates and expert commentary on minerals and metals in mining.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting is putting another A$8.7 million behind copper exploration in Canada, taking a proposed 13.5% stake in White Cliff Minerals and adding a…
Gold and silver rebounded on Sept. 18 as investors looked beyond the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike and reassessed the outlook for Treasury yields, oil-driven inflation…
Conceptual editorial image of an open-pit gold project in Chile’s Atacama region. Tesoro Gold’s maiden 1.28 million-ounce Ore Reserve at the Ternera deposit gives the El…
Gold held above $4,300 an ounce after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points and signaled that further tightening may be…
Brazilian ferronickel processing infrastructure at an industrial nickel operation. China-backed MMG has offered long-term ferronickel supply guarantees to European customers in an effort to secure regulatory…
China Rare Earth Group is in talks to acquire Shenghe Resources, potentially placing Shenghe’s stake in MP Materials under Chinese state control. China Rare Earth Group,…
Brazilian nickel mining and ferronickel processing infrastructure. The proposed sale of Anglo American’s Brazilian nickel business to MMG has become more than a transaction review. It…
Copper is trading at $14,464 per tonne on the LME, close to its recent $14,875 peak. At the same time, the Yangshan copper premium has climbed…
Five transactions across lithium, gold, silver, copper and nickel show how mining M&A deals in 2026 are shifting from resource accumulation toward control of permitting-stage optionality.…
Ghana’s Ewoyaa project is designed as a conventional open-pit spodumene operation in the Central Region. Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt’s proposed US$210 million takeover of Atlantic Lithium has…
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