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An open-pit copper mine in an arid Andean landscape, with terraced benches and haulage equipment visible across the operation. Chile’s copper industry has delivered a fresh…
Nickel Industries’ Excelsior project is being developed in Central Sulawesi’s Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park. Nickel Industries has halted the ramp-up of its Excelsior Nickel Cobalt facility…
Copper busbars used in power infrastructure. Copper’s move toward $14,000 per tonne is testing whether supply relief expected in 2026 can keep pace with demand from…
The lithium market is entering 2026 with a more complicated balance sheet than headline supply-and-demand figures suggest. Reported inventories have risen sharply after methodology changes in…
Silver’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by a sharp contradiction: solar installations continue to expand, but the amount of silver used in each panel is falling.…
Copper’s 2026 outlook is being reshaped by a market signal that is easy to miss in the headline price: spot treatment charges have fallen to around…
Mining investors are navigating three connected signals: copper’s retreat from a record as U.S. tariff expectations cool, a widening gap between listed-company valuations and M&A clearing…
Vulcan Energy’s Lionheart project is designed to combine geothermal energy production with lithium extraction in Germany. Vulcan Energy’s second lithium production licence for its Lionheart project…
Gold bars in a refinery illustrate the market’s focus on inflation, rates and physical demand. Gold and silver have been pulled sharply lower by a renewed…
Indonesian nickel laterite mine and ferronickel processing complex. Indonesia’s decision to tighten nickel mining approvals has changed the market’s central question. The issue is no longer…
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