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Copper $ 5.6358 / lb 2.72%

Brent Crude Oil $ 104.4 / bbl -4.21%

Palladium $ 1496.5 / ozt 5.39%

Crude Oil $ 101.85 / bbl -3.06%

Natural Gas $ 2.89 / Btu 0.10%

Silver Futures $ 75.495 / ozt 7.47%

Aluminum Futures $ 3314.25 / ton -1.21%

Micro Gold Futures $ 4713.1 / ozt 3.80%

Micro Silver Futures $ 75.48 / ozt 7.54%

Platinum $ 1973.85 / ozt 4.22%

Gold Futures $ 4713.3 / ozt 3.84%

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July 17, 2026 | 09:50 am

CHART: Gold price holds $4,000 as mining stocks bear the brunt

Gold is whipsawing around $4,000 in its worst week since early June and the median big precious metals stock now trades almost 40% below its 52-week high.

July 16, 2026 | 05:43 pm

Copper price slides as monster storm bears down on Chile and Iran flare-up rattles metals

A potential Category 5 atmospheric river is battering the world’s biggest copper producer just as…

July 17, 2026 | 05:02 am

Malaysia probes Lynas’ Pentagon rare earths supply deal

Lawmakers review defence supply agreement as pressure grows over rare earth exports linked to US…

July 16, 2026 | 04:01 pm

Canada’s first diamond mine to shut down

Ekati in the Northwest Territories will shut down following a Supreme Court of British Columbia ruling placed it…

July 16, 2026 | 03:08 pm

Acid test: IEA warns copper supply outlook has “worsened considerably”

Over a seventh of the world's copper mine output is now hostage to a sulphuric…

July 17, 2026 | 09:39 am

US proposes lease of seabed mining blocks off American Samoa coast

The department's Marine Mineral Administration said it aims to lease two blocks, one of 16.3…

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