April 28, 2025 China’s first-quarter gold consumption falls 6% The rise in gold prices has led to a shift in consumer behaviour, with traditional gold products such as gold ornaments and jewellery giving way to gold bars and coins.
April 28, 2025 Alkane to acquire Mandalay Resources in $358M deal The merged company will operate under Alkane Resources and expects to produce 160,000 gold-equivalent ounces in 2025.
April 25, 2025 Vale sees iron ore prices above $85 despite tariff turmoil One of the world’s top iron ore producers dismissed analysts’ predictions that prices of the steelmaking material will tumble amid a tariff-fueled economic slowdown.
April 25, 2025 CHARTS: Rare earth export restrictions, price spikes and the risks of demand destruction Prices were initially indifferent when China halted exports to Japan in 2010 but three months later embarked on an upswing that remains unmatched.
April 25, 2025 Crazy overbought gold Despite this probable cyclical-bull topping, gold’s relatively-small secular bull remains alive and well.
April 25, 2025 Gold price falls 2% on signs of trade tensions easing Bullion is now en route for a 1% weekly drop despite setting a record high above $3,500 three days earlier.
April 25, 2025 Chinese copper inventories post record weekly drop Inventories in Chinese warehouses shrank by 54,858 tons, the most in data going back to 2003.
April 25, 2025 Column: As China nears peak aluminum production, what next? China's aluminum production juggernaut is finally running out of road as the country's output approaches the government's capacity limit.
April 24, 2025 Calibre rises to 13-year high after Equinox sweetens offer The new offer gives the transaction a total value of C$2.8 billion.
April 24, 2025 CHART: Price spike doubles value of cobalt EV battery market Congo’s surprise export ban and collaboration with Indonesia to limit global supply of cobalt sparks rapid reaction in top source of demand.
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
