Gold could remain volatile, but given silver’s reluctance to move to new highs, it seems that the white metal is particularly vulnerable to a sell-off.
Gold's slide back below $4,000 an ounce wipes out most of mining's 2026 gains, but the old guard of diversified giants – led by a resurgent BHP – is staging a comeback.
World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.
Black lung has been on the rise over the last two decades, and has increasingly been reported by young workers in their 30s and 40s despite declining coal production.