Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys saysmining.com
One of the world’s biggest lithium traders is seeing a turnaround in the battery metal market as accelerating demand ends a glut that dragged down prices.
Positioning risk in the metal rally: what investors need to watchmining.com
Gold and silver burst to fresh all-time highs this week as investors piled into hard assets amid geopolitical uncertainty, rising fiscal deficits,
Tom Winmill: Path to $5,000 gold is now wide openmining.com
Record gold prices, a rearming world, and a US fiscal trajectory without a clear off-ramp have pushed hard assets back into the
Record Copper Prices Highlight the Urgency of New U.S. Supplymining.com
In January 2026, copper prices reached all-time highs, with COMEX copper breaking above US$6.00 per pound, underscoring a market increasingly constrained by
BHP is stuck on the sidelines of copper M&A frenzy it startedmining.com
The company is monitoring the Rio-Glencore talks and reviewing the situation and options with its advisers, Bloomberg sources said.
Rio Tinto’s bid for Glencore piles pressure on BHPmining.com
If BHP keeps out of the current talks, it may consider another deal to retain its leadership.
Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens suppliesmining.com
The month-long mission of the test vessel Chikyu near Minamitori Island will mark the world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth seabed sludge.
Bessent says Australia, India invited to G7 meeting on critical mineralsmining.com
US Treasury Secretary is hosting meeting in Washington on Monday.
Gold investors stay bullish after record rally in 2025mining.com
Gold is “basically an anti-fiat currency play now more than anything else,” said Mike Wilson, chief investment officer and strategist for Morgan Stanley.
Japan seeks support as fears rise over China’s rare earth gripmining.com
Tensions have continued to rise between Asia’s two biggest economies.