Soaring commodity prices made ASX 200 materials shares the best performers of the 11 market sectors in 2025.
Scores of ASX 200 mining shares benefited from rip-roaring metals and minerals prices, particularly gold, silver, copper, and lithium.
Strong central bank buying, falling interest rates, and less trust in the US dollar is supporting record gold and silver prices today.
Meanwhile, the green energy transition is showing up in raised demand for copper, lithium, and silver, which is used in solar panels.
Let’s take a look at the best performing metals and minerals of 2025, and some of the ASX mining shares that ripped as a result.
12 best performing commodities of 2025
Here are the 12 strongest commodities for price growth based on Trading Economics data.
| Rank | Metal or mineral | Commodity price rise in 2025 |
| 1 | Silver | 147% |
| 2 | Platinum | 125% |
| 3 | Cobalt | 120% |
| 4 | Sulfur | 116% |
| 5 | Rhodium | 101% |
| 6 | Palladium | 83% |
| 7 | Gold | 65% |
| 8 | Lithium | 58% |
| 9 | Neodymium | 51% |
| 10 | Tin | 44% |
| 11 | Copper | 42% |
| 12 | Aluminium | 17% |
ASX mining shares riding the commodities wave
ASX gold shares ripped in 2025, with Pantoro Gold Ltd (ASX: PNR) the best performer of the ASX 200, up 220%.
Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: RSG) shares soared 206% and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: RRL) stock leapt 196%.
Among the gold large-caps, Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) shares rocketed 73%, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) jumped 164%, and Newmont Corporation CDI (ASX: NEM) increased 152%.
ASX silver shares also shot the lights out, with Andean Silver (ASX: ASL) lifting 200% and Silver Mines Ltd (ASX: SVL) leaping 182%.
The Sun Silver Ltd (ASX: SS1) share price rose 213% while Unico Silver Ltd (ASX: USL) shares jumped 346%.
ASX lithium shares soared in 2H CY25 after lithium prices began a long-awaited recovering in July after three years of weakness.
The PLS Group Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price rose 93% while lithium and nickel producer IGO Ltd (ASX: IGO) lifted 72%.
Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO) shares leapt 206%.
ASX copper shares also bounced, with the market’s largest pure-play copper miner, Sandfire Resources Ltd (ASX: SFR), soaring 93%.
Capstone Copper Corp CDI (ASX: CSC) shares lifted 55%.
The iron ore price finished the year at US$107.13 per tonne, up 6.48%.
All three of the major iron ore producers rose over the year.
The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price increased 15% while Fortescue Ltd (ASX: FMG) shares lifted 21%.
The Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO) share price increased 25%.
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