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Palladium has surged almost 90% over the past year to trade near $1,348 an ounce, quietly outrunning gold and silver. Bank of America now targets $2,200 by the end of 2026, and pending U.S. tariffs of over 100% on Russian palladium could tighten the supply squeeze even further.

The semiconductor market reached new heights in 2025, and that trend has only intensified this year. Global semiconductor sales reached a record $795.6 billion last year, far surpassing initial forecasts, and the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization projects worldwide semiconductor sales will reach $1.5 trillion in 2026. This rapid growth reflects the accelerating deployment of ...

Silicon is the material most closely associated with semiconductors, but a working electronic device requires much more than silicon alone. Gold, silver, palladium, copper, tantalum, and other materials can appear in circuitry, contacts, connectors, capacitors, and other components. Their electrical properties and resistance to corrosion make them valuable in situations where reliability matters.

Can you use AI to find new markets for platinum group metals (PGMs)? “The simple answer is yes,” was the reply of Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller to Mining Weekly during the latest media roundtable of this PGMs mining and marketing company.

The Perth Mint, Western Australia’s historic refinery and mint, has earned a Guinness World Records recognition for the world’s largest gold bar, produced using a casting system designed and built by the Italian group Ikoi, whose name was engraved directly onto the bar in recognition of its technological contribution.

Platinum shares have returned to buy territory after months of falling metals prices, sending valuations lower. The basket price for platinum, palladium and rhodium, the main PGMs, is >30% lower than its January peak.

Hostilities in the Middle East are largely to blame for what is being described as a hiatus in the metals price run. The conflict has increased the likelihood of rate hikes, which ...

“We concluded our previous outlook saying that we expected gold to be below USD 4,000 by year-end,” wrote Rhona O'Connell, Head of Market Analysis for EMEA & Asia at StoneX in the firm’s Q3 Outlook. “Well, that came more quickly than we were expecting and we dipped below USD 4,000 in late June, as the market has largely stood back from any fresh investment.”
StoneX believes gold is very much ...

The biggest buyers were Poland, with 18 tonnes, and China with 10 tonnes, while Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan also continuing their recent streak of gold purchases.

How a small idea became the community that connects the precious metals world. That idea became the International Precious Metals Institute.

South African miners, who account for 70% of global platinum output, are wary about adding new production due to uncertainty over long-term demand, leading to declining output as mineral reserves deplete.
“For platinum, we were looking at about 6.2 Moz/year in 2019, and we see that moving down to 4.7 Moz by 2034,” Kleantha Pillay, Sibanye’s executive vice president for sales and marketing, told ...

Silver spot: roughly $70/oz, down about 44% from its 2026 record high — GoldSilver, June 15, 2026
2026 market deficit: 46.3 Moz, the sixth consecutive annual shortfall — World Silver Survey 2026
Cumulative drawdown: about 762 Moz pulled from above-ground stockpiles since 2020 — Metals Focus
Bull case: $90–$106 year-end, with Citi standing by a $150 call for 2026 — Finance Magnates

Investment demand for platinum remains extremely strong, with market fundamentals continuing to support platinum as a compelling investment.

Fritsch noted that gold’s price action since the war started has been counterintuitive to fundamental market beliefs. The precious metal, traditionally seen as an inflation hedge, has fallen even as the global energy crisis pushes consumer prices higher. At the same time, despite the chaos in the Middle East, gold has been unable to attract a safe-haven bid.
However, Fritsch explained that the ...

“Precious metals have been the leader, with gold up 92% and silver more than doubling (+152%) since the start of 2025,” Moglia said. “Gold has been supported by persistent central bank purchases which accelerated starting in 2022 following the sanction of Russian foreign exchange reserves. However, 2025 marked an inflection point in the precious metals rally, as speculative momentum flows surged ...

After a strong start to the year, Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) have been stuck in a range for the last few months, but according to one research firm, prices across the entire sector are still expected to end the year with solid gains, led by Platinum.

A research team has developed an integrated process combining pure ruthenium-based nano through-silicon via fabrication and extreme all-dry thinning of silicon-on-insulator wafers to support backside power-delivery networks for advanced three-dimensional integrated circuits, according to a new study published in Engineering.

Johnson Matthey notes in its latest 'PGM Market Report' that platinum demand will exceed supply again this year on the back of firm industrial use and constrained mine supply, while ruthenium and iridium are also expected to be in deficit amid rising demand from the data storage and energy transition sectors.

Despite the ongoing threat to the global economy posed by the war in Iran, the silver market is attracting renewed investor attention as prices push back above $80 an ounce, with growing expectations that $90 is around the corner.

A new report from Metal Focus reveals that global silver market remains structurally tight, with elevated prices, a fifth consecutive annual supply deficit in 2025, and ongoing mine and recycling constraints despite modest production growth. At the same time, PV-driven silver demand is falling sharply due to cost pressure and thrifting.

In a new recycling process, developed by JM, PGMs are recovered from CCMs without incinerating the perfluorosulfonic acid-based ionomers on which the operation of PEM electrolyzers and fuel cells depend. In a complementary process, developed in parallel by Syensqo, the ionomers are extracted, purified and reconditioned for reuse.

Opportunistic buyers are starting to emerge in the gold market after the biggest selloff in years, helping to keep bullion’s record-breaking three-year bull run intact.