Copper has hit a new all-time high, with the benchmark three-month London Metal Exchange contract reaching US$14,533 per metric tonne on Monday. The price surpassed January’s previous record of US$14,527.50 before easing to US$14,505.50 by 1615 GMT. Copper has now...

No copper deposit discovered in 2025 currently meets the “major discovery” threshold of at least 500,000 tonnes of contained copper, according to S&P Global’s latest review. The global copper discovery database now covers 263 deposits discovered since 1990, containing 1.402...

Some Chinese rare-earth suppliers are refusing to ship material to US customers even after export licences have been approved, according to three people familiar with the trade, reports Reuters. The suspensions began as early as August 2026 as companies sought...

More than a dozen asset managers overseeing a combined US$27 trillion have increased their gold exposure or maintained bullish allocations — with Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, expecting bullion to return to US$5,000/oz by the end of 2026. But the gold...

China’s biggest lithium mine by capacity is facing another restart delay after the Yichun Ecology and Environment Bureau withdrew the proposed acceptance notice for the CATL-owned Jianxiawo mine’s environmental assessment after questions were raised about its earlier public disclosures. The...

https://youtu.be/MwgUPhiySdU EPISODE 15: Anthony Milewski and Christian Purefoy chat to Jamie Levy, CEO and Director of Generation Mining, advancing the Marathon Project, a large, shovel‑ready copper‑palladium deposit in north-west Ontario. Copper is currently facing a potential "super squeeze" with Goldman...

Bank of America expects uranium to average $130/lb in 2027, around 52% above the $85–86/lb spot price when its latest Cameco update was published Cameco expects to produce 19.5–21.5 million pounds in 2026, but deliver 29–32 million pounds, leaving purchases...

On August 17, the US diesel crack — the margin between diesel and the crude oil from which it is refined — reached a record US$102.20 per barrel. For mining, the crisis in diesel supply threatens to disruption global mine...

By 2030, antimony smelters outside China will be able to meet only 73% of projected ex-China demand — and that's only if every project currently announced is built. There are three proposed smelters outside China and Russia (one in Oman...

Bank of America has launched an 18-month, US$250 billion Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative covering the physical systems behind America’s AI, energy and industrial buildout — with critical minerals explicitly included as a strategic priority. The eligible sectors include: critical minerals and...

The world’s 50 biggest listed mining companies added US$18 billion in July 2026, taking their combined market capitalization to US$2.17 trillion, according to Mining.com's ranking of the Top 50. However, the headline move conceals one of the most turbulent periods...

President Trump announced approximately US$2.1 billion for critical-mineral projects and more than US$180 million for mining education roughly 93% of the project funding consists of conditional loans that must still reach financial close government capital targets the full supply chain:...