Metals Market Headlines — 16 January 2026
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- Kinross greenlights three US builds for 3 million oz.
- First Quantum nears stockpile processing at Cobre copper mine
- US approves Warrior Met Coal’s mining plans in Alabama
- Orla to start South Railroad gold project build in Nevada this year
- US lawmakers propose $2.5B critical minerals reserve
- Amazon to be first user of copper made by Rio Tinto venture
- Energy Fuels could rank among top rare earth producers in West, study shows
- Silver price falls from record as US holds off on critical minerals tariff
- DRC revives $29B iron ore export plan once tied to billionaire Gertler
- Transition Metal scales microbe tech for copper recovery