January 29, 2026 China’s metals mania sends copper price soaring past $14,500/t Copper surged by the most in more than 16 years.
January 29, 2026 Tungsten price rises to record highs as export curbs turn up supply heat Prices of ammonium paratungstate, used to make tungsten metal, were trading at $1,125 to $1,150 per metric ton unit in China.
January 29, 2026 Column: Zinc market continues to defy bear expectations Zinc failed to perform to script last year and the galvanizing metal continues to surprise in the first days of 2026.
January 28, 2026 Goldman warns base metals rally at risk on weak Chinese demand Goldman’s most recent survey of the copper market showed order books at fabricators had fallen by 10% to 30%.
January 28, 2026 Bolivia cancels Chinese zinc project, demands steel plant fixes Authorities are pulling the plug on a $350 million zinc refinery, citing “terrible overpricing.”
January 28, 2026 China’s precious metals frenzy sparks protest as risks grow Authorities in the southern city of Shenzhen set up a special task force to oversee the operations of a gold-trading platform.
January 27, 2026 Citi sees silver price surging to $150 as China buying still has legs “Silver is behaving like ‘gold on steroids’, analysts wrote.
January 27, 2026 Equinox closes $1B Brazil mines sale to China’s CMOC The transaction covers the producing mines of Aurizona in Maranhao state, RDM in Minas Gerais and the Bahia Complex.
January 27, 2026 Chinese miners accelerate fundraising as global deals loom CMOC and Jiangxi Copper have announced a combined $4.8 billion worth of bond issuance in January.
January 27, 2026 How long would critical minerals last in a supply shock? Strategic reserves look reassuring, but most major economies would run short of key minerals within weeks of a disruption.
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
