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Ivanhoe Mines co-chairperson Robert Friedland
Ivanhoe secures $500m investment from Qatar sovereign wealth fund
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines on Wednesday announced a $500-million investment from sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Under the terms of the private placement, Ivanhoe will... 


Orion CEO Tony Lennox.
Prieska copper project uplifted by Glencore's financing and offtake term sheet
Updated 7 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

Orion Minerals’ Prieska copper/zinc mine, in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape, has received a prospective financing and offtake uplift through the signing of a non-binding term sheet with... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
17th September 2025

This week: Demand for platinum as an investment product is 'extremely strong'; Year of records for booming Pan African as eyes turn to promising Soweto gold project and, Teck, Anglo American agree... 


Agnico Eagle Mines CEO Ammar Al-Joundi
Agnico CEO rules out Teck bid - report
17th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Agnico Eagle Mines is not considering a takeover bid for Teck Resources, CEO Ammar Al-Joundi has confirmed. According to Bloomberg News, Al-Joundi told the Mining Forum Americas in... 


Teck CEO Jonathan Price and Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad
Canada industry Minister to meet CEOs of Teck and Anglo American
17th September 2025 By: Reuters

Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday said she would be meeting the CEOs of Anglo American and Teck Resources next week to discuss their proposed merger. "There have been... 


Exim signals $250m financing interest in Highland Copper's project
Exim signals $250m financing interest in Highland Copper's project
16th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V- and OTCQB-listed Highland Copper has received a non-binding letter of interest (LoI) from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Exim) for up to $250-million in potential debt... 


Vedanta Resources CEO Deshnee Naidoo
Vedanta to retain coal as base energy source, top executive says
16th September 2025 By: Reuters

Indian mining and metals conglomerate Vedanta will continue to rely on coal as its primary energy source for mining operations while aiming to increase the share of renewable sources in its energy... 


Anglo's Los Bronces copper mine.
Anglo frees ‘at least’ $5bn as it locks arms with next-door-neighbour copper mine
16th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

At least $5-bilion has been liberated by Johannesburg-listed Anglo American carrying out a joint mine plan with an adjacent copper operator in South America. Becoming one are Anglo American Sur’s... 


Mark Carney reportedly told Anglo American to move its headquarters to Canada.
Canada PM told Anglo American to move HQ to Canada for Teck deal nod - report
16th September 2025 By: Reuters

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Anglo American to move its headquarters to Canada or its proposed acquisition of Teck Resources would not be allowed to proceed, the Globe and Mail reported... 


CEO Mike Henry and CFO Vandita Pant answering shareholder questions.
BHP flags organic copper growth, US allure, silent on big buyouts
15th September 2025 By: Reuters

The world's biggest mining company, BHP, touted its solid copper potential and flagged the investment appeal of the United States on Monday, but was silent on the prospect of major buyouts, as top... 


Rescue efforts ongoing at Freeport's Grasberg mine, operations still on halt
Rescue efforts ongoing at Freeport's Grasberg mine, operations still on halt
15th September 2025 By: Reuters

Efforts to rescue seven workers at Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine are continuing one week after a heavy mud flow trapped them underground, a mining ministry official said on... 


Copper cathode
ERG settles with Gecamines over DRC Swanmines project
12th September 2025 By: Reuters

Kazakh mining giant Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) said on Thursday it had signed a settlement with the Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned miner Gecamines in a dispute over the Swanmines... 


Freeport still searching for 7 missing workers at Grasberg
Freeport still searching for 7 missing workers at Grasberg
12th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Freeport-McMoRan said on Friday its Indonesian unit was continuing around-the-clock efforts to locate seven missing contractors after a mudflow blocked access routes at its Grasberg block cave mine... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad says the company has sent technical experts to QB to get to grips with the challenges that the mine faces.
Anglo American-Teck deal hinges on troubled Chile copper mine
12th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

At the heart of one of the mining industry’s most ambitious combinations is a plan to fix a problematic Teck Resources copper mine high in Chile’s Atacama desert, and ultimately to integrate it... 


Codelco and BHP's Escondida boost copper output in July
Codelco and BHP's Escondida boost copper output in July
12th September 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's State-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, and BHP's Escondida mine both posted year-on-year increases in production in July, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on... 


Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
Canada unveils first projects under new Major Projects Office, aims to fast-track C$60bn in investment
12th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday announced the first projects to be reviewed by the country’s new Major Projects Office (MPO), a unit designed to speed up regulatory approvals and... 


Namibia to boost sulphuric acid production as critical mineral output rises
11th September 2025 By: Reuters

Namibia is set to increase its sulphuric acid production in response to rising critical mineral output, with Green Metals Refining and Vedanta announcing plans on Thursday to set up and revive... 


Highland Copper advances early site works, highlights benefits of concurrent reclamation at Copperwood
11th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V- and OTCQB-listed Highland Copper Company has completed its early site works and environmental mitigation programme at the fully permitted Copperwood project, in Michigan, US. The programme,... 


Altair positive following initial court round in dispute with BHP over Olympic Domain
Altair positive following initial court round in dispute with BHP over Olympic Domain
11th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Altair Minerals said on Thursday it had secured a favourable outcome at an initial hearing in the South Australian Wardens Court, as the junior explorer defends its rights over the... 


Barrick sells last Canadian mine for up to $1.09bn
Barrick sells last Canadian mine for up to $1.09bn
11th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold and copper producer Barrick Mining agreed to sell its last producing gold mine in Canada, Hemlo, to Carcetti Capital, which will be renamed Hemlo Mining Corp (HMC), for as much as... 


Jan Nelson
Nelson resigns from Copper 360 board
10th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Northern Cape-focused copper miner Copper 360 has informed its shareholders that Jan Nelson has resigned from the company's board of directors with effect from September 9. Chairperson Rupert Smith... 


BHP, led by CEO Mike Henry, has 'moved on'.
BHP seen as unlikely to pounce on Anglo or Teck as it eyes organic growth
10th September 2025 By: Reuters

Top global miner BHP's focus on expanding its own copper assets while it undergoes leadership change means it is unlikely to gatecrash the planned $53-billion tie-up of Anglo American and Teck... 


Teck cannot control a bidding war, focused on completing Anglo merger, CEO says
Teck cannot control a bidding war, focused on completing Anglo merger, CEO says
10th September 2025 By: Reuters

Teck Resources will focus on obtaining approval to close its proposed merger with Anglo American, Teck's CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it wouldn't be able to control any bidding war the... 


Teck's Highland Valley copper operation in Canada.
Canadian regulatory risk flagged as biggest hurdle for Anglo–Teck merger
10th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The planned merger of Anglo American and Teck Resources to form a copper-focused major faces its biggest hurdle in Canada, where the government will weigh the transaction under the Investment... 


Maximo Pacheco
Anglo Teck agreement binds assets of 'extraordinary value', says head of Chile's Codelco
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

The agreement between Anglo American and Teck brings together assets of "extraordinary value," the chairman of Chile's state-run copper producer Codelco, Maximo Pacheco, told Reuters on Tuesday.... 


Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Anglo American’s 'merger of equals' with Teck Resources will create a copper producer with 1.3-million tonnes a year of capacity, cementing its position as the world’s second-largest listed copper... 


Freeport halts Indonesia's Grasberg mining operations after underground incident
Freeport halts Indonesia's Grasberg mining operations after underground incident
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Freeport-McMoRan said on Tuesday it temporarily halted mining in Indonesia's Grasberg minerals district after a large flow of wet material blocked access to parts of its underground mine,... 


Teck's Jonathan Price and Anglo's Duncan Wanblad
Teck, Anglo American agree merger to create global copper and critical minerals major
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Global mining majors Anglo American and Teck Resources have agreed to merge in an all-share transaction that will create Anglo Teck, a new global critical minerals leader and top five copper... 


URU reports positive results from AEM survey at Zeb, concludes fundraise
8th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed URU Metals has reported positive results from the independent interpretation of its high-power SpectremPlus airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey over the Zeb nickel project, in... 


Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Marimaca Copper said on Friday it had secured A$80-million through a brokered placement in Australia and select jurisdictions outside Canada, adding new institutional investors to... 


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