February 3, 2026 Congo fighting drove spike in insurance costs, squeezing miners, insurer says Political violence insurance premiums in Democratic Republic of Congo jumped as much as tenfold last year.
February 3, 2026 Indonesia gold mine investors can appeal takeover, minister says The Martabe mine has been caught up in a broader crackdown following floods and landslides in Sumatra.
February 3, 2026 Ghana offers levy cut as sweetener for higher gold royalty regime Africa's top gold producer wants to replace its flat royalty rate with a sliding system of 5%–12% to capture more value as prices surge.
February 3, 2026 Gold price poised for new records as buyers return to the fray Analysts see the drop as a healthy correction.
February 2, 2026 Metso acquires MRA Automation in Australia Multiskilled Resources Australia Pty is a privately owned engineering company based in Newcastle.
February 2, 2026 ‘Project Vault’ wins some metals industry support as stocks gain The initiative shows the administration’s “major focus on rare earth” and its “determination to take control back from China,” wrote William Blair’s Neal Dingmann.
February 2, 2026 Pentagon strikes deal with Canada’s 5N Plus The US Department of Defense made an $18 million investment in Canada’s 5N Plus to help the company expand refining capacity for germanium metal.
February 2, 2026 Column: China’s surging exports a sign of global metals turmoil The world's largest buyer of copper shipped out almost 800,000 tons.
February 2, 2026 Chinese speculators set the stage for gold and silver crash “China sold and now we’re suffering the consequences,” one analyst said.
February 2, 2026 Chinese copper plants buy the dip after weeks out of market With futures down 12% from last week’s peak, some will continue to buy hand-to-mouth to meet their post-Lunar New Year production needs.
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
