Weekly Metals Mining Rundown with Peer Table - Premium Edition for Week Ending 2 Jan 2026

Base metal prices jumped this week, including nickel rising +8% to $7.60/lb, copper rising +3% to $5.65/lb, and cobalt rising +1% to $24.20/lb, while prices for other specialty metals lithium and rhodium rose more substantially by some +17% and +15%; Silver price also inched higher by +2.5% to $72.62/oz, while gold and PGMs dipped – gold by -3% to $4,332/oz Au, platinum -4% to $2,143/oz Pt, and palladium -5% to $1,667/oz Pd; Nickel, cobalt, and coppers producer stocks stood out - helped by the rising underlying metal prices, while uranium stocks (surprisingly) led the metals mining pack overall coupled with the U price being relatively flat.

This past week’s top & bottom metal price and mining company peer group movers include:

2 Jan 2026

This past week’s top 40 performing metals mining stocks (out of Peer Table’s 503) include (share price rounding errors apply, as sourced from Google Finance):

No mining company announcements incorporated into this week’s Peer Table (resource updates, economic studies, changes in project ownership).

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