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Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, during a visit to the…
When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the…
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Plans for a groundbreaking rare earths refinery in East Yorkshire have been scrapped, after the company behind the project decided to seek investment in the US instead. Pensana has spent the past seven years developing a rare earths mine in…
Malaysia’s copper scrap market has remained struggles in recent years, with both upstream traders and downstream smelters under increasing pressure. According to SMM, this situation is closely related to the government’s intensified import supervision since 2021, particularly the stringent inspection…
On Monday, October 13, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) stated that the global refined zinc and refined lead markets are expected to face a significant supply surplus in 2026. Lead The group anticipates that global refined lead…
On February 25, 2025, a large-scale nationwide power outage occurred in Chile, which had a certain negative impact on Chile’s copper production. According to SMM, the nationwide power outage in Chile began at 3:00 PM local time on February 25,…
Gold prices fell more than 2% after scaling another record on Friday, as investors pulled away from the safe-haven metal following US President Donald Trump’s comments that eased concerns of an escalating trade war with China. Spot gold dropped as…
Sanctions are often praised as moral weapons—the civilized alternative to armed conflict. They promise to punish aggressors without the bloodshed of war. But when those measures reach deep into the supply chains that sustain national defense, they risk weakening the…
In what has been an unprecedented rally, investors are celebrating another major milestone in the precious metals market, with silver pushing above $50 an ounce to new record highs. For many analysts, silver’s achievement was inevitable as the market has…
Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds. An illegal gold rush has cleared 140,000 hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon and is accelerating as foreign, armed groups move into the region…