US Treasury’s long-term bond buyback operation expansion, easing geopolitical risks, and slowing US inflation support gold’s 10% rise in August. Gold rose 10% last month, its fastest monthly gain in seven months, amid the US Treasury’s expanded long-term bond buyback operation, weakening expectations that the Fed would hike rates and a relative easing of geopolitical risks. During this period, demand …
Continue ReadingCopper may feel scarce, but the real problem is that much of the available metal is sitting in the wrong place as regional trade flows reshape a once-global market, Reuters senior metals columnist Andy Home says. “China now finds itself short. Where does it go to buy its copper? Let’s go to the London Metal Exchange, right? So, now the London Metal Exchange stocks start decreasing. It’s caught …
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Senate has approved a critical minerals bill worth billions of reais. The plenary passed it on Wednesday 2 September 2026 in a symbolic vote. The text is the critical minerals bill, PL 2.780/2024. Its goal is to keep the refining of key ores inside Brazil. What the Critical Minerals Bill Offers The package carries up to 7 billion reais …
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