Silver price extends slide on index rebalancing
Stock image. Silver extended its slide on Thursday as investors braced for a commodity index rebalancing and took profits on a metal that has more than doubled in value over…
Guyana oil and mining sectors gain as Venezuela risk eases
Aurora gold mine is Guyana’s only large operational gold asset. (Image courtesy of Zijin Mining Group.) Guyana’s mining and oil industries are drawing renewed investor interest as recent US military…
AI to boost copper demand 50% by 2040 — S&P
Humanoid robots could drive significant copper demand, using about 1.6 million tonnes a year by 2040 or 6% of current global consumption. (Stock image IM Imagery.) Rapid and exponential growth…
Gold overtakes US bonds as largest foreign reserve asset
Stock image. Gold has surpassed US Treasuries as the world’s largest reserve asset globally for the first time in 30 years amid rising prices and aggressive buying by central banks.…
Venezuela shock lifts gold, but mining revival remains elusive
The Trump administration’s military intervention in Venezuela has jolted global markets, fuelling safe-haven demand for gold while doing little to improve the long-term outlook for the country’s battered mining sector,…
Lithium Argentina hits forecast, seeks gov’t financing
Lithium Argentina hits forecast, seeks gov’t financing Lithium Argentina (TSX, NYSE: LAR), the country’s largest producer of the battery metal, achieved its Cauchari-Olaroz brine output target as it advanced second-stage…
Op-Ed: From Allende to Maduro – the price of resources and defiance
From Chile to Venezuela, battles over who controls strategic resources have repeatedly shaped regime change, foreign intervention and political fallout across the Americas. When Chilean socialist President Salvador Allende nationalized…
Nova Minerals downplays report of buying antimony from Pakistan
A drill rig on the Estelle project northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Credit: Nova Minerals Nova Minerals (NASDAQ, ASX: NVA) has downplayed recent reports of the company buying antimony produced in…
Banks bullish on gold price as Morgan Stanley sets $4,800 target
Stock image. After delivering its best annual performance since 1979, gold is drawing bullish calls from major banks as conditions line up for fresh record highs. In a note published…
Centerra rises on Mt Milligan copper-gold mine life boost
Centerra rises on Mt Milligan copper-gold mine life boost Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) gained the green light to extend operations until 2035 at its Mount Milligan copper-gold mine…
