United States Copper Index Fund

CPER tracks a rules-based index of copper futures contracts selected based on the shape of the copper futures curve.

iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN

Michael McCrae is leading Kitco's coverage of the mining sector. McCrae, who has both an MBA and CMA, knows how to build digital media properties.

Copper is walloped and a strongly-opposed mine and project may both have a path to production

Expensive, extremely complex and fraught with risk - MJG Capital Matt Geiger on copper hurdles

UK-based Vedanta Resources, parent of India's Vedanta , has settled dues worth $245.75 million to help revive operations in Konkola copper mines (KCM) in Zambia as part of a deal to take back the mines, the Indian miner said on Friday.

Vedanta Resources pays $246 mln dues to help revive operations at Zambian copper mine

Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF

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Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund

Invesco DB Gold Fund

SPDR Gold Trust

SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust

iShares Gold Trust

VanEck Merk Gold Trust

Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust

Global X Silver Miners ETF

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

Aberdeen Standard Physical Silver Shares ETF

iShares Silver Trust

iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF

ProShares Ultra Gold

Gold's rise to fresh record highs this month has left both silver and copper in the dust, with the yellow metal rising to its own tune, buoyed by its use as a hedge against inflation and by central-bank purchases, but also offering hints on the prospects for the industrial metals.

Record gold prices are in a ‘different world' than silver and copper. Here's why.

Antofagasta PLC (LSE:ANTO) shares dropped 4% as the FTSE 100 mining giant warned that annual production will be at the lower end of previous guidance. The company's shares, which hit an all-time high above 2,400p in May after rising more than 150% over the past five years, fell 86p to 2,042p on Wednesday morning.

Copper giant Antofagasta falls as production guidance trimmed

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Rio Tinto Ltd (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, OTC:RTNTF) has appointed Katie Jackson, a former Shell executive as its new head of copper. Currently the president of UK-based energy infrastructure firm National Grid Ventures, Jackson will join Rio Tinto from the start of September taking over from Bold Baatar, who has been promoted to chief commercial officer.

Rio Tinto appoints former Shell executive to head copper arm

Copper has had a great run in 2024, hitting an all-time high of $5.20 pound in May. Although he is a copper bull, Kovacevic said it is too much, too fast. He views the recent run as being driven by speculators.

'They take the stairs up, but they always take the elevator down' - Gianni Kovacevic on copper's run

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United States Oil Fund LP

Commodities have been performing remarkably well this year driven by higher prices for coffee, silver and oil.

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Royal Road Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:RYR, OTC:RRDMF) said its joint venture company, Royal Road Arabia (RRA), has won the bid for the Al-Miyah copper and gold tender area in Saudi Arabia. RRA is a 50-50 partnership between Royal Road Minerals and MIDU, a Saudi investment holding company.

Royal Road Minerals JV wins tender for highly prospective Saudi copper and gold area

Phoenix Copper Ltd (AIM:PXC, OTCQX:PXCLF) highlighted to investors that US$110 million of corporate copper bonds have been admitted to trading on the official list of the International Stock Exchange (TISE). The AIM-quoted US-focused company said the bonds have a maturity date of 27 December 2033 and will remain listed on TISE until the earlier of maturity or repayment.

Phoenix Copper lists $110mln of corporate copper bonds on TISE

Shares in Ecora Resources PLC (LSE:ECOR, TSX:ECOR, OTCQX:ECRAF) are "cheap", said broker Peel Hunt in a short note following an update on a project over which Ecora has a royalty agreement. Peel picked up on the news from Capstone Copper, which on Tuesday announced the production of the first saleable concentrate from the Mantoverde operation, that would process ore from the Santo Domingo copper-iron-gold deposits "in due course".

Ecora Resources shares "cheap", says broker after copper update

Thor Energy said reconnaissance sampling at its projects in Colorado identified new anomalies and a first indication of high-grade copper. That was at the Edna Mae prospect in the southern portion of the Wedding Bell mining claims, where rock chip sampling returned up to 5,425ppm (0.54 %) uranium, 1.6 % vanadium, 100g/t silver and 2.74 % copper.

Thor Energy sees signs of high-grade copper in Colorado samples

Strategic Minerals PLC (AIM:SML, OTC:SMCDF) told investors that its priorities for 2024 are restarting production at Leigh Creek (LCCM), securing and expanding Cobre's profitable domestic sales and progressing the Redmoor Tin and Tungsten mine to a "pre-feasibility" stage. In addition, it is actively pursuing non-dilutive funding approaches, both joint venture and debt style, to progress both LCCM in Australia and Redmoor in Cornwall.

Strategic Minerals mood lifted by copper and tin price recoveries

Those events “could determine the global market mood for the rest of the month, and a good part of summer,” observes Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank.

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iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF

iPath Pure Beta Crude Oil ETN

Invesco Dynamic Oil & Gas Services ETF

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

Some commodities can serve as barometers of economic activity, and the recent sharp declines in diesel, crude oil, and copper prices, along with signs of a demand slowdown in recent weeks, hint at a U.S. economy that has been struggling.

Plummeting oil, diesel, and copper prices signal economic stress. Here's why.

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Mining giant BHP and the union representing workers at its Spence copper mine in Chile will kick off on Wednesday government-mediated talks aimed at averting a strike, both parties said.

BHP and union to begin talks to avert strike at Chilean copper mine

Copper reaches record high, highlighting its growing importance in the global market. Copper futures have been on an upward trajectory since a significant correction in 2022. Upside target for copper is over $6.80 per pound, with potential for significant gains in the long term.

CPER: New All-Time Highs In Copper And A Correction

Existing mines and projects under construction will meet only 80% of copper needs by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.

Why there's a massive copper shortage

Copper has been shooting higher over the past few months, recently hitting an all-time high alongside stocks.

Why Copper Strength May Not Be for the Bulls

A surge in demand for critical metals from the artificial intelligence and defense sectors is set to see gold and copper prices soar to record highs this year, Goldman Sachs says.

AI and geopolitics to see copper prices hit record highs, Goldman Sachs says

Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. His experiences include covering territorial and federal politics in Nunavut, Canada.

Copper's had it run but equities still need to catch up - Société Générale

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iShares Gold Strategy ETF

Gold prices have been rallying to record highs, with spot gold notching a new top of $2,449.89 per ounce on Monday. Silver too hit multi-year highs earlier last week, as did industrial metal copper.

Gold, silver and copper rally has just taken a breather — new highs are not that far off, experts say

This is what world-renowned hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand reportedly said about copper markets as he predicted the price of the critical metal is set to quadruple to heights of $40,000 a ton over the next four years.

Copper prices to quadruple on surging green demand, legendary oil trader Pierre Andurand says

Hello! This is MarketWatch reporter Isabel Wang bringing you this week's ETF Wrap. In this edition, we look at some of the copper-related ETFs that hit all-time highs earlier this week, driven by the base metal's surge to record territory.

Copper is the metal of the moment. What ETF investors need to know before chasing the commodity rally.

United States Copper ETF CPER is probably on the radar for investors seeking momentum. The fund just hit a 52-week high and moved up 44.56% from its 52-week low price of $21.88/share.

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