August 1, 2025

Copper price posts second weekly drop after Trump’s tariff surprise

Traders are now rushing to book storage space for copper in a bet that Trump’s decision will prompt a wave of supplies stockpiled in the US to be shifted to…

August 1, 2025

Idaho Strategic rises on gold property acquisition from Hecla

Company said its acquisition of Toboggan represents the first time the two major components of the Murray gold belt has been united.

August 1, 2025

Gold price rebounds nearly 2% on US payrolls data

Spot gold climbed 1.8% to $3,348.31 per ounce to erase all of this week's losses.

August 1, 2025

Newmont nets $100M payment related Akyem mine sale

In October 2024, Newmont agreed to sell its Akyem operation to China's Zijin Mining Group for $1 billion in cash.

August 1, 2025

US mulls REE price floor to lift output: Reuters

The strategy would build on a recent public-private partnership between the US Department of Defense and MP Materials.

August 1, 2025

Column: Copper market pays the price for forgetting its TACO hedge

The copper market got the tariff right but the products wrong.

July 31, 2025

Traders brace for wave of copper to hit LME after tariff shock

Whether large volumes of copper ultimately are delivered to LME warehouses in the US will depend on movements in prices.

July 31, 2025

Trump team outlines push for rare earths in meeting with executives

Trade adviser Peter Navarro convened the meeting and told the executives that the administration is planning a major push to boost US production of the minerals.

July 31, 2025

Trump tariff surprise triggers implosion of massive copper trade

The move triggered a record plunge for US prices after a period of fat profits for traders who hurried metal to America before the levies kicked in.

July 31, 2025

Trump’s scrap copper quotas too small to shift the market

Exports of scrap copper to China in May were worth just $7.4 million, down from $248 million a year earlier.