January 28, 2026 CME raises silver margins as prices smash records in wild rally Margins will rise to 11% of so-called notional from the current 9% for non-heightened risk profile.
January 24, 2026 Mining stocks on cusp of supercycle as AI boom stokes metals With a nearly 90% gain since the start of 2025, MSCI’s Metals and Mining Index has beaten semiconductors, global banks and the Magnificent Seven.
January 23, 2026 German precious metals refiner Heraeus hit with fraud probe The Frankfurt prosecutors’ office said it’s conducting an investigation into 16 suspects.
January 23, 2026 Valterra Platinum expects full-year profit to double on metal price rebound The price of platinum is being driven up by the European Union's U-turn on a 2035 combustion-engine ban, tight supply and rising investment demand.
January 22, 2026 CHARTS: New study shows global mining is now a brownfield industry The rise of brownfield mining and the fall in grassroots exploration is reshaping global mineral supply with the early 2020s marked as turning point.
January 13, 2026 Silver market deficit to continue throughout 2026, says Fitch’s BMI Throughout 2025, industrial and retail demand for silver pushed prices towards $80/oz for the first time in history.
January 13, 2026 Canada Nickel’s Crawford project gets fast-tracked With the 1P1P fast tracking, the province hopes construction can start on Crawford by the end of the year.
January 13, 2026 CME changes margin-setting methodology for precious metals As of January 13, the CME will set margins for gold, silver, platinum and palladium based on a percentage of contract value, it said.
January 9, 2026 Trump, Congress move to overturn Minnesota mining ban The big beneficiary would arguably be Chile's Antofagasta, whose Twin Metals unit has been trying to develop a massive copper-nickel mine on public land for decades.
January 7, 2026 China’s metals in grip of frenzy as investors bet on rally The total turnover of the Shanghai Futures Exchange’s six base metals contracts, plus gold and silver futures, reached 37.1 trillion yuan in December.
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
