Copper prices recently experienced a significant surge, reaching a record high of about $11,100 per metric ton in May on the London Metal Exchange.

In an extremely rare turn of events, the United States Environmental Protection Agency vetoed a project in remote southwest Alaska.

You heard that right - the routes from copper mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to the ports on the coastline of the Indian Ocean face a 1,900-mile journey full of twists, turns, and major congestion.

With 80% of the world’s platinum reserves residing in South Africa, it’s a hotbed for theft.