January 12, 2023

JPMorgan may move into precious metals clearing in Zurich

The lender may begin to offer to settle its clients’ trades using metal located in Zurich, according to people familiar with the matter.

January 10, 2023

Vale evaluates offers for $2.5 billion base metals unit

Vale Base Metals, to be based in the UK, will have nickel mines in Canada and Indonesia, copper mines in Brazil, and interests in cobalt and platinum group metals.

January 9, 2023

Top 50 stage.mining.companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…

January 3, 2023

Recession risks to weigh on precious metals prices, but weaker dollar would help — report

Depending on the direction for the dollar resulting from the Fed's actions, gold is likely to fall in range between $1,620/oz $1,920/oz.

December 30, 2022

Supreme dollar rules the roost in gold market

The US currency's climb to 20-year peaks this year eroded demand for dollar-priced bullion.

December 23, 2022

Triple Flag acquires royalty on polymetallic Thunder Bay North project

Triple Flag is acquiring up to a 2.5% NSR royalty for $15 million on the platinum, palladium, copper and nickel project.

December 20, 2022

Nornickel mulls cutting output by 10% next year

The war in Ukraine has impacted the miner by disrupting logistics, insurance and shipping.

December 15, 2022

US sanctions Russia’s richest tycoon, Nornickel boss Potanin

The action against Potanin was part of a broader sanctions package the Treasury Department rolled out Thursday.

December 14, 2022

Gold extracted from SIM cards can be used to make painkillers

Researchers have developed processes for extracting gold from e-waste and using it in drug manufacturing.

December 11, 2022

Gold objects found in Troy were mass-produced, travelled great distances

Gold in objects from Troy, Poliochni and Ur in Mesopotamia have the same geographic origin and were traded over great distances.