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Metals price news brings you real-time updates and expert analysis on the prices of key industrial and precious metals. Track fluctuations in gold, copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earths, and understand the economic, geopolitical, and supply-chain forces behind them. This category helps investors, analysts, manufacturers, and traders stay informed with accurate spot pricing, historical trends, and price outlooks. For deeper insights, explore Market Intelligence, Commodities, and Mining Finance.
Lithium brine evaporation ponds in an arid South American basin. Lithium prices rebound as supply buffers tighten Lithium prices are rebounding in August as three forces…
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…
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…
Uranium prices are entering the second half of 2026 with the market balanced between a resilient spot price and a much tighter forward outlook. Spot uranium…
As the global commodities market navigates structural transformations, the 2026 copper outlook has emerged as one of the most fiercely debated topics among industrial operators, institutional…
By Penny Langford | August 5, 2026 New York copper futures surged to a fresh historic high on August 5, 2026, as aggressive U.S. stockpiling ahead…
Modern uranium processing infrastructure in a remote northern mining region. Uranium prices are sending a more constructive signal through the forward curve than through the spot…
The global lithium market has entered a pivotal transition phase. Following the tumultuous price correction that followed the historic peaks of previous years, the lithium sector…
Global precious metals markets are navigating an unprecedented period of structural tightness. According to the latest data compiled for the World Silver Survey by the Silver…
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