Zinc price jumps to 4-year high
Zinc climbed to its highest level since June 2022 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as warehouse stockpiles drained to multi-year lows and mine supply cuts tightened the physical market….
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Podcast: Reuters’ Andy Home on declining copper and aluminum inventories on the LME
This week’s episode features Andy Home, senior metals columnist at Reuters, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on recent developments in the copper and aluminum markets. Home explains the factors…
Mining stocks to soar and ‘blow your head off’: OIiver
Michael Oliver, founder of North Carolina-based Momentum Structural Analysis and a veteran market analyst, argues that the current gold and silver rally is the beginning of substantial moves higher for…
Europe’s Russian uranium reliance grows, Sprott says
European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel increased in 2025 despite efforts to diversify its uranium supply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sprott Asset Management said in a new report this…
Copper price eases as LME inventories surge
London Metal Exchange on-warrant copper inventories have surged by more than 50% in three days, easing fears of an acute supply squeeze and sharply narrowing a key market spread. On-warrant…
Site visit: Can Honey Badger finally crack Prairie Creek?
NEAR NAHANNI NATIONAL PARK, N.W.T. – The Prairie Creek site, nestled in a peaceful mountain valley in the Northwest Territories, is the project that won’t die after facing numerous dead-ends,…
Processing, not output, may decide metal shortages
Critical-mineral shortages through 2035 may depend as much on whether miners can reliably process and deliver usable material as on whether enough tonnes are mined, according to GEM Mining Consulting….
Rio’s Tomago smelter wins A$1.76B government lifeline
Australia and New South Wales have committed A$2.5 billion (US$1.76 billion) to keep Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) majority-owned Tomago aluminium smelter open beyond 2028 after high electricity costs…
Top 10: BHP leads heavyweights Down Under
BHP Group (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) leads Australia’s biggest listed mining and metals companies by market value, while Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) posted the strongest fiscal 2025 profit. BHP was worth…
Florence must triple output to hit Trekor target: CEO
Trekor Metals (TSX, LSE: TKO; NYSE-A: TGB) insists production at its Florence copper mine in Arizona will accelerate threefold in the second half to allow the operation to meet a…
Ferrexpo’s Ukraine shutdown deepens fight for survival
Switzerland-based Ferrexpo (LSE: FXPO) has halted iron ore production in Ukraine after Russian attacks restricted its Black Sea export routes, leaving the miner dependent on fresh funding to restart. The…
Podcast: Mackey warns of ‘darker future’ unless Canada accelerates minerals processing
This week’s episode features renowned metallurgist and Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Phillip Mackey in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the latest developments in Canada’s mineral-processing capacity. Mackey…