Metals Market Headlines — 8 January 2026
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- AI to boost copper demand 50% by 2040 — S&P
- Gold overtakes US bonds as largest foreign reserve asset
- Critical Metals to build pilot plant in Greenland
- Revival logs shallow gold at Mercur project in Utah
- Venezuela shock lifts gold, but mining revival remains elusive
- BlueScope Steel rejects $8.8B takeover offer
- Intrepid Potash weighs potential to develop battery-grade lithium processing plant in Utah
- Lithium Argentina hits forecast, seeks gov’t financing
- Op-Ed: From Allende to Maduro – the price of resources and defiance
- Nova Minerals downplays report of sourcing antimony from Pakistan