November 27, 2025

Platinum prices rise as China launches new futures contracts

The contracts are the first domestic price-hedging mechanism for platinum and palladium in the world's second-largest economy.

November 27, 2025

Karnalyte touts 70-year potash mine in Canada

The project, 175 km east of Saskatoon, is expected to yield 2.2M tonnes of potash and 104,000 tonnes of hydromagnesite each year.

November 27, 2025

Refined copper output growth to slow in 2026: ICSG

Copper output growth is expected to slow to 0.9% in 2026, down from 3.4% in 2025, said Paul White at the World Copper Conference.

November 27, 2025

Column: LME lead stocks churn masks battery metal’s growing surplus

LME-registered lead stocks are the highest they've been in over a decade and traders have for months been tussling for units to lock into lucrative storage deals.

November 26, 2025

Silver stockpile slump in China poses new risk to a hot market

Inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange recently hit the lowest level since 2015.

November 26, 2025

Rio Tinto to sell US boron assets

Rio's boron assets could fetch as much as $2 billion, according to Bloomberg.

November 26, 2025

Canada orders security review of Teck–Anglo mega-merger

Ottawa will review the proposed $53B merger under the Investment Canada Act, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said.

November 26, 2025

World’s largest silver bar unveiled in Dubai

The bullion -- weighing 1,971 kilograms and measuring 1.3 metres long -- has set a Guinness World Record.

November 26, 2025

China ‘firmly opposes’ negative copper treatment charges

Treatment and refining charges – the fees earned by smelters for processing ore into metal – have plunged to record lows this year.

November 26, 2025

SolGold sets 2026 start for early works at Cascabel

SolGold’s new plan fast-tracks site prep, drilling, and a two-unit restructuring, aiming for first production in 2028.