June 8, 2025 China’s central bank extends gold-buying streak for seventh month The People’s Bank of China added 60,000 troy ounces of the metal to its reserves last month.
June 7, 2025 China says it may speed up rare earths application approvals from EU Price commitment consultations between China and the EU on Chinese-made electric vehicles exported to the EU have also entered a final stage.
June 7, 2025 Rio Tinto in bailout talks for Australian aluminum smelter, AFR reports The future of the facility has been uncertain for months due in part to spiralling energy costs.
June 6, 2025 Trump says Xi to restart rare earth flows, sets date for talks The developments come as the world’s two largest economies look to resolve a simmering dispute over tariffs and technology that has unnerved markets.
June 6, 2025 Metso breaks ground in Western Canada with new service center Situated in the heart of a key Canadian mining region, the facility will support growing customer demand—particularly in the copper and gold sectors.
June 6, 2025 Gold’s cheaper precious metal peers surge to multi-year highs Silver extended gains to 13-year highs and platinum reached the highest since early 2022, signaling growing investor appetite for precious metals used in key industries.
June 6, 2025 Gold stock breakout sound? Gold stocks just surged into another decisive secular breakout, at an unlikely time.
June 6, 2025 China issues rare earth licenses to suppliers of top 3 US automakers At least some of the licenses are valid for six months, the two sources told Reuters.
June 6, 2025 LME acts to shield aluminum market from huge Mercuria bet The LME took action after Mercuria’s position in the June contract was consistently far bigger than the aluminum inventories in the exchange’s warehouse system.
June 6, 2025 Australian Strategic Materials sees jump in rare earths enquiries amid supply shortage Shares of the company rose as much as 29.1% to hit a more than 3-week high.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
