Metals Market Headlines — 4 February 2026
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- Ivanhoe in talks to send Congo zinc to US stockpile
- Aqua Metals, American Battery Factory plan recycling partnership
- 2026 Winter Olympics: Metals price rally pushes value of medals above $1.3M
- Regis revives McPhillamys after gold rally, dam rethink
- Glencore hints at 2027 closure for Horne smelter absent deal
- China’s metals association calls for expanded copper stockpile
- Torngat eyes Strange Lake feasibility study as timing slips for Quebec rare earths project
- Glencore to sell 40% stake in Congo mines to US-backed consortium
- ‘Morale is sky high,’ Friedland tells Trump
- Agnico, Hycroft and Sidney top January mining ranks