January 20, 2026 BHP still has iron ore pricing power despite discounts, RBC says The world’s largest mining company is deliberately absorbing the discounts to protect pricing, analyst wrote.
January 20, 2026 Venezuela aluminum restart could cost up to $2.3B: WoodMac Years of outages and neglect have shut Venezuela’s smelters, but analysts say the country still holds strategic value.
January 20, 2026 Gold price soars past $4,700 for new record Spot gold rose as much as 1.4% to an all-time best $4,749.84 an ounce.
January 20, 2026 Centerra surges on PEA valuing Kemess gold-copper project a $1.1B When factoring in spot commodity prices, the Kemess NPV would almost triple to $2.7 billion, according to its latest PEA report.
January 20, 2026 Jiangxi Copper plans $3.6 billion bond sales to fund expansion Proceeds will be used to repay debt, supplement working capital, or fund merger-and-acquisition activity, it said.
January 20, 2026 Key LME copper spread spikes to highest level since 2021 squeeze Copper contracts expiring Wednesday briefly traded at a $100 premium to those expiring a day later.
January 20, 2026 Russia gains $216 billion in gold rally, replacing lost assets Russia, the world's second-largest gold producer, mines over 300 tonnes/y of the metal.
January 20, 2026 CMOC raises $1.2 billion in convertibles deal The notes mark the largest convertible-bond deal by a Chinese miner since Zijin’s $2 billion issuance in 2024.
January 20, 2026 Botswana’s diamond stockpile swells as gem price slump persists The price slump forced Debswana, which accounts for 90% of the country's diamond sales, to temporarily suspend production at some of its mines last year.
January 20, 2026 DRC pitches manganese, copper, cobalt, lithium to US Kinshasa has sent Washington a shortlist of mines and projects as part of a push to turn diplomacy into supply-chain influence.
Former BHP executive to be appointed Chile’s mining minister Santiago Montt, who has a doctorate in law from Yale University, will be named to President-Elect José Antonio Kast’s cabinet in a ceremony Tuesday evening. January 20, 2026 | 10:57 am
