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Copper cathode bundles in a warehouse, where available inventory has become central to price formation. Copper has entered a new phase of market stress, with London…
An ultra-class haul truck operates on a high-altitude open-pit mine haul road. Autonomous mining technology has moved beyond pilot projects and into a competition over fleet…
Uranium spot prices are trading around $86–88 per pound, but the more important signal for 2026 is appearing in the term market. Utilities are signing longer-dated…
Gold and silver bullion bars undergo inspection in an industrial refinery setting. Gold has rebounded to about $4,380 an ounce, recovering roughly 10% from early-August lows…
An Indonesian nickel processing complex reflects the growing importance of ore availability to the global market. Indonesia’s decision to restrict nickel ore production to roughly 250…
Lithium brine evaporation ponds and processing infrastructure in Chile’s Salar de Atacama. Battery-grade lithium carbonate has moved back into the low-$20,000s per tonne in key Asian…
Copper processing infrastructure at a large-scale mine in the Andes. Copper enters 2026 with an unusually wide gap between institutional forecasts. A Reuters analyst poll expects…
A lepidolite lithium operation in Jiangxi province, China. CATL’s prolonged shutdown of the Jianxiawo lithium mine in Jiangxi is tightening a market that had been expected…
Image: Copper-gold mining infrastructure in a mountainous Andean setting. Author: Charles Pitts Copper and gold assets are attracting capital through more than one route. Developers are…
Mining investment sentiment in August 2026 is governed by a persistent structural divergence: while senior producers and royalty platforms command robust market multiples, development-stage juniors and…
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