October 21, 2025 Goldman Sachs flags risk of disruption in supply of rare earths, key minerals In a note on Monday, the bank said China controls 69% of global rare earth mining, 92% of refining and 98% of magnet manufacturing.
October 21, 2025 RANKED: Top 10 automakers by battery cobalt spending Congo’s export quotas have lit a fire under cobalt prices and spending on the battery material is up 51% year on year despite ongoing thrifting.
October 21, 2025 Zinc sees biggest squeeze in decades as LME inventories run dry Spot zinc prices surged to trade $323/t above contracts expiring in three months, the highest spread since at least 1997.
October 21, 2025 Gold price falls by most in over a decade as rally cools Spot gold hit as low as $4,151.91 per ounce, representing a 5.3% decline.
October 21, 2025 Rare earth stocks surge in Sydney after Trump’s Australia pact The pact signals a new way for miners to approach capital raising.
October 21, 2025 AI-driven ATMs target skeptical Russians to cash in their gold However, Russians have not rushed to part with their gold in the same way as people have elsewhere.
October 20, 2025 Gold price soars to record ahead of US-China talks, rate cut decision Spot gold rose as much as 2.9% to $4,380.89 an ounce.
October 20, 2025 Canada offers tariff relief to some steel, aluminum products from US, China The order came into effect on October 15 and more details regarding the remission order will be published on November 5.
October 20, 2025 Copper price approaches record on US-China trade uncertainty In London, the metal traded as high as $10,691.50 a tonne for a 1.5% intraday gain.
October 20, 2025 China scraps platinum tax break for state-owned giant Platinum prices on the Shanghai Gold Exchange jumped to a premium of more than 10% to global benchmark on Monday.
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025 Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 and articles about the metal were read more than 2.5 million times this year. December 24, 2025 | 12:20 pm
