Metals Market Headlines — 26 January 2026
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- Rio2 pours first gold at Fenix mine in Chile
- Zijin to buy Canada’s Allied Gold for $4B in cash
- Trump administration to acquire 10% of USA Rare Earth in $1.6B deal
- Novagold’s Donlin costs, net value jump in update
- EnergyX enters nuclear materials market
- Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals
- Hancock Prospecting, Maaden to ramp up exploration in Saudi Arabia
- Silver price hits $100 milestone, gold price nears $5,000
- ERG earmarks $1B for Kazakhstan operations
- Copper price rallies back above $13,000 on supply worries