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The MineralPulse briefing

The Daily Pulse
Oct 30, 2026

A dated market snapshot and the latest mining disclosures. 308 usable company quotes across 396 tracked instruments. 1564 directory entries.

Market references

These are the source snapshots available when this edition was published. Futures and equity proxies are labelled separately; they are not interchangeable with spot assessments.

USD instruments, with source timestamps. This edition is an archived snapshot.
InstrumentPrice / unitTypeSource time (ET)
Gold ↗3,975.60 USD/troy ozFuturesOct 30, 7:57 a.m. EDT
Silver ↗50.18 USD/troy ozFuturesOct 30, 7:56 a.m. EDT
Platinum ↗1,434.40 USD/troy ozFuturesOct 30, 7:57 a.m. EDT
Palladium ↗969.50 USD/troy ozFuturesOct 30, 7:55 a.m. EDT
Copper ↗6.4885 USD/lbFuturesOct 30, 7:56 a.m. EDT
Aluminium ↗3,168.75 USD/tonneFuturesOct 29, 8:44 p.m. EDT
WTI crude ↗103.98 USD/barrelFuturesOct 30, 7:57 a.m. EDT
Brent crude ↗113.36 USD/barrelFuturesOct 30, 7:56 a.m. EDT
Natural gas ↗2.8680 USD/MMBtuFuturesOct 30, 7:57 a.m. EDT
Uranium miners ↗35.72 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Lithium & batteries ↗60.94 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Rare earths ↗52.69 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Gold miners ↗81.33 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Junior gold miners ↗100.94 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Copper miners ↗75.90 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Vale ↗11.18 USD/shareEquity proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Metals & mining ↗101.05 USD/shareETF proxyOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Zinc ↗3,880.45 USD/tonneReference (CFD)Oct 29, 8:00 p.m. EDT
Nickel ↗15,463.25 USD/tonneReference (CFD)Oct 29, 8:00 p.m. EDT
Lead ↗1,914.45 USD/tonneReference (CFD)Oct 29, 8:00 p.m. EDT
Lithium ↗93,600.00 CNY/tonneReference (CFD)Oct 29, 8:00 p.m. EDT

Uranium spot is unavailable. The URA ETF is an equity proxy. No fixed spot value is substituted.

From the sources

A selection of recent headlines collected Oct 30, 8:12 a.m. EDT. Open a headline to read the original publisher’s report. Issuer announcements are statements by the issuer.

Reported share volume

Highest reported share volumes within this edition’s usable company snapshots. This is not a ranking by investment merit or dollar turnover.

Delayed quotes. Each quote links to its source; the source time is shown in the last column.
SaveCompany / tickerCommodityLast / currencyChangeVolumeSource time (ET)
VanEck Gold Miners ETFGDX · ETFGold81.33 USD-3.12%19.8MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
B2Gold CorpBTO.TO · TSXGold6.95 CAD-2.93%8.8MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Kinross Gold CorpK.TO · TSXGold30.16 CAD-6.28%5.6MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Champion Iron LtdCIA.TO · TSXIron ore1.87 CAD-16.14%4.5MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETFGDXJ · ETFGold100.94 USD-3.33%4.5MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Barrick Mining CorporationABX.TO · TSXGold54.11 CAD-2.56%4.4MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Global X Uranium ETFURA · ETFUranium35.72 USD-2.27%4.2MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Ivanhoe Mines LtdIVN.TO · TSXCopper9.41 CAD-3.09%4MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETFSILJ · ETFSilver23.87 USD-2.69%3.8MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT
First Quantum Minerals LtdFM.TO · TSXCopper34.46 CAD-3.98%3.8MOct 29, 4:00 p.m. EDT

This briefing is assembled from public data and source-linked headlines using validation checks. It does not independently verify issuer statements. See methodology and corrections.