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Iran Strait Closure Tightens Sulfur Supply, Raising Costs for Copper and Nickel Producers
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sharply constrained Gulf sulfur flows, triggering export restrictions and record prices. That squeeze is now feeding directly into…
Spanish Mountain and Wheaton agree $55mn royalty financing for British Columbia gold project
Spanish Mountain Gold has signed a $55 million royalty agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals, granting a 1.5% net smelter return on future gold and silver production.…
Non-China Critical Minerals to Trade at a Premium as US Redraws Global Supply Chains
A structural transformation is taking hold in global critical minerals markets, where price formation is no longer dictated purely by cost efficiency but increasingly by geopolitical…
How ceasefires influence gold markets through energy price dynamics
The impact of ceasefires on gold prices is often misunderstood. While conventional wisdom suggests that peace should weaken safe-haven demand, modern gold markets respond through a…
China’s copper supply chain control reshapes global markets
The global copper industry is undergoing a profound structural realignment, driven by the growing dominance of processing capacity in China. As mining jurisdictions struggle with rising…
Chile’s acid crunch threatens global copper supply chains
A shortage of sulfuric acid in Chile is exposing a key weakness in the global copper industry: reliance on specialised chemical inputs without which production cannot…
BHP Targets Copper Leadership in 2025 as Demand Surges and Supply Tightens
As global demand for industrial metals accelerates, BHP Group is placing copper at the centre of its long-term growth strategy. The shift reflects a deeper transformation…
Rare Earth Supply Crunch Deepens as China’s Dominance Challenges Western Industrial Strategy
The global rare earths sector is no longer a marginal corner of the mining industry. It has evolved into a strategic industrial ecosystem where processing, refining,…
Gold as a hedge in a system under strain: why investors look beyond traditional portfolios
As central banks expand balance sheets and sovereign debt rises, the assumptions behind standard portfolio diversification can break down during currency stress. Gold’s fixed supply dynamics,…
Asia Pacific Critical Minerals Mining: How Infrastructure Dominance Is Reshaping Global Supply Chains
The Asia Pacific region has become the central pillar of the global critical minerals mining system, not because of resource abundance alone, but due to its…