Copper hit a record $14,850 a tonne in August. Tungsten APT is up more than fourfold in a year. Antimony tripled in price after one export decision in Beijing.
Everyone wants Central Asia’s rocks. Yet the real constraint is not geology.
Kazakhstan announced 20 million tonnes of rare earths. It has no plant to separate the oxides.
The Caspian has fallen by more than half a metre in five years. The Middle Corridor runs across it.
Armenia poured first gold at Amulsar on 10 October – eight years after protests stopped the mine.
I have pulled these threads together in a new article: Shrinking Seas, Small Metals and a Very Large Hole: Eurasia’s Quiet Minerals Race.
Read it here 👇
These questions come to London on 30 November at MINEX Eurasia 2026, part of London Mining Week. Details: 2026.minexeurasia.com
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