Central Asia Metals’ copper-zinc output beats last year
Central Asia Metals (AIM: CAML) says operational efficiencies have allowed it to produce more copper and zinc through the first five months of 2026 than the same period last year,…
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Poland, China lead renewed central bank gold buying
Central banks resumed net gold buying in April, bolstering their view of the yellow metal as a strategic reserve asset, the World Gold Council (WGC) said in a report this…
Boroo’s bid to buy former Eagle gold site raises questions among miners
Private investment company Boroo is considering whether to buy the former landslide-devastated Eagle Mine site in Yukon, raising hopes it can revive the mine and help the territory press ahead. The Singapore-based firm with a focus on troubled assets has entered an exclusivity agreement until…
Aluminum prices hit 4-year high on Hormuz supply woes
Aluminum prices surged to their highest level in more than four years on Tuesday, hitting $3,707.50 per ton, as a collapse in negotiations between the United States and Iran raised…
Hormuz shock drives coal to 14-year high
Coal investment will reach $180 billion (C$250 billion) this year, up 4% from last year and the highest since 2012, as the Middle East conflict pushes Asian countries to produce…
Opinion: Why diversification matters more in nuclear fuel than in oil or gas
As governments return to nuclear energy as a pillar of low-carbon power systems, attention has focused largely on reactor construction, small modular reactors (SMRs) and life-extension programs. Far less attention…
Blast at Glencore’s Kazzinc plant kills two, injures five
Two people were killed and five others were injured following an explosion at Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) large zinc-gold production facility in eastern Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Preliminary findings suggest that the…
Breaking the West’s uranium enrichment bottleneck
With a full U.S. ban on imported Russian enriched uranium set to take effect in 2028, Western utilities are moving to rebuild enrichment and conversion capacity. That shift is reshaping the economics of the nuclear…
Interactive infographic: Global uranium costs
Cost is as important in the economics of mining uranium as it is with precious metals. But the cost of producing uranium oxide (U3O8) by the pound doesn’t neatly align…
Deutsche Bank forecasts $8,000 gold price by 2031
Gold is poised to benefit significantly from an increasingly fragmented world as nations continue to pivot into the metal and away from the U.S. dollar as their go-to reserve asset,…
World’s No. 6 uranium miner starts output in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s little known but globally significant state uranium miner Navoiyuran has started commercial production at its Qizilkok project in the country’s central Navoi region. Qizilkok hosts 9,400 tonnes of…
Gold price extends drop amid US-Iran uncertainty
Gold prices extended declines on Tuesday, as investors remained cautious over United States-Iran negotiations to end the near-two-month war that has intensified global inflation concerns. Spot gold fell more than…