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Craig Tindale: Gold’s New Era — Prepare Now for System Reset
The gold price fell below the US$4,100 per ounce level midway through the week, but recovered quickly to close Friday (October 9) near US$4,200. Silver followed a similar trajectory, sinking as low as US$58.75 per ounce on Thursday…
Benchmark: New Lithium Mine Needed Every Two Months to Meet 2050 Demand
The lithium industry will need to bring the equivalent of a new mine into production roughly every two months for the next 24 years to keep up with demand, according to new data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.Benchmark forecasts…
Hudbay, Mitsubishi Greenlight Major US Copper Mine in Arizona
Hudbay Minerals (TSX:HBM,NYSE:HBM) and Mitsubishi (TSE:8058,OTCPL:MSBHF) have approved construction of Copper World in Arizona, clearing the way for what Hudbay calls the "next major US copper mine" to start production in the second half…
Nickel Price Trends: Q3 2026 Review and Forecast
Nickel slid to fresh 2026 lows in Q3 as doubts grew over how long Indonesia will keep a tight lid on supply.The metal price rebounded in July from June lows, but quickly gave back those gains as the Indonesian government's mid-year quota…
Independent Review of Syntholene Facility Confirms World Class
Syntholene Energy Corp. (TSXV: ESAF) (OTCQB: SYNTF) (FSE: 3DD0) (“Syntholene” or the “Company”) announced today the results from the previously announced independent technical review (the “Independent Review”) by Prof. Nigel Brandon of…
Greenland Rejects Seabed Mining in Unanimous Vote
Greenland’s parliament unanimously passed a resolution instructing its government to draft a law banning deep-sea mining and seabed exploration around the island until at least the end of 2029.Polish news platform RMF 24 reported that…
Codelco Halts El Teniente Mine After Landslide Kills Two
Operations at the open-pit portion of Chile’s El Teniente copper mine have been suspended following a rain-triggered landslide on Sunday that killed two contractors and left another injured.The state-owned mining company, Codelco,…
EU Hybrid EV Cap Sinks Chinese Lithium to 10 Month Low
The EU announced it will cap imports of Chinese hybrid electric vehicles at 350,000 units annually starting this December, sending Chinese lithium futures plunging to a 10 month low.European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic brokered the…
Oil Hits US$104 After Aramco HQ Hit, Hormuz Ship Sunk
A targeted missile strike on Saudi Aramco’s administrative headquarters and the sinking of a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent crude prices surging past US$104 per barrel.On Tuesday (October 14)…
Uranium American, DISA Partner to Recover Uranium Waste
Uranium American Resources (OTCBB:UARI) has signed an agreement allowing Wyoming-based DISA Uranium to treat abandoned mine waste at its Stateline Project and recover uranium and other minerals from it.Abandoned mine waste is surface…