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.
November 26, 2025 India approves $816M rare earth magnets manufacturing program Move aims to curb reliance on imports for elements vital to industries from electric vehicles and aerospace to defence and energy.
November 26, 2025 Codelco’s record China copper offer sparks threats to walk away Record-high offers from Chile’s copper giant spur some Chinese buyers to exit 2025 term deals and question the benchmark.
November 25, 2025 Power cuts hit Lynas; Canaccord flags fiscal-2026 earnings risk The company linked the outages to Western Power’s Eastern Goldfields load permissive scheme.
November 25, 2025 Endeavour Silver sells Bolañitos mine to Guanajuato in $50M deal The acquisition of Bolañitos adds a fifth operating asset to Guanajuato Silver's Mexico-based portfolio.
November 25, 2025 China’s October net gold imports via Hong Kong fall about 64% from September "What we're really seeing here is a weakness in the Chinese demand while they have been firmly strong earlier in the year," analyst says.
November 25, 2025 UBS raises copper price forecasts on supply concerns UBS lifted its price forecasts for successive quarters of 2026, beginning with $11,500/t for March, followed by $12,000 and $12,500 for June and September, respectively.
November 25, 2025 Highland Copper exits White Pine North project for $30M The cash proceeds are expected to fund the activities required to advance its Copperwood project to a construction decision.
November 25, 2025 Barrick to pay Mali $430M to settle mine dispute Barrick will reportedly pay 144B CFA francs within six days of signing deal with Mali, plus 50B via VAT offsets.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
