Metals Market Headlines — 15 February 2026
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- OP-Ed: Permanent magnets are the spear in the critical minerals supply chain
- Hecla nearly doubles exploration budget
- Lundin finds new copper-gold systems in Ecuador
- Op-Ed: NI 43-101 was necessary, not sufficient
- Agnico Eagle posts record reserves, hikes payout
- Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low
- Sandvik acquires South Africa’s ThoroughTec Simulation
- Gold price drops 3% on US jobs data beat
- i-80 Gold secures $500M package to fund Nevada growth plan
- Battered Vizsla keeps ‘long-term’ commitment to Mexican project