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Future Minerals Forum launches pioneer Future Minerals Barometer
14th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) has launched the inaugural Future Minerals Barometer, a pioneering tool designed to measure and track progress of critical mineral value-chain developments across... 


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Taseko wraps up Florence construction
14th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper miner Taseko Mines has completed construction at its Florence project in the US and is moving into commissioning and early operations, while reporting improved copper and molybdenum... 


FACTBOX: Greenland's rich but largely untapped mineral resources
FACTBOX: Greenland's rich but largely untapped mineral resources
14th January 2026 By: Reuters

The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers will meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday after President Donald Trump recently stepped up threats to take... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum research head notes demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives
14th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving... 


China's 2025 copper imports lowest since 2020 amid major price rally
China's 2025 copper imports lowest since 2020 amid major price rally
14th January 2026 By: Reuters

China's unwrought copper imports in 2025 fell to the lowest level since 2020, China's customs data showed on Wednesday, as high prices weighed on demand. The top consumer imported 5.32-million... 


Kinterra sells White Pine North stake to JV partner Kinterra
14th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian company Highland Copper said on Tuesday that it would sell its 34% interest in the White Pine North project in the US to joint venture partner Kinterra Copper for a total of about... 


Rio Tinto's offices
Rio Tinto engages three banks to advise on potential Glencore acquisition, source says
14th January 2026 By: Reuters

Rio Tinto has engaged JPMorgan and two other advisers on its potential acquisition of Glencore, a deal that could create the world's largest miner worth over $200-billion, a source with knowledge... 


The flags of countries participating in the FMF
Future Minerals Forum making 'excellent progress' in reaching its goals
13th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Future Minerals Conference, the Future Minerals Forum’s (FMF's) Ministerial Roundtable and the “largest such gathering of its kind globally”, has grown considerably over the past few years,... 


Absa CIB Coverage Head for Resources and Energy Shirley Webber.
Call for Africa to turn fragmented mineral belts into coherent regional value chains
13th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Africa does not have the luxury of treating regional cooperation and regional beneficiation as afterthoughts. If the continent continues to negotiate in small, fragmented units, the result will be... 


Congressman Pete Stauber
US lawmaker moves to overturn Biden-era Minnesota mining ban
13th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

A US Republican congressman has introduced legislation aimed at overturning a Biden administration decision that restricted mining across a large area of northern Minnesota, reopening a... 


Codelco expects to lift copper output by 10 000 t this year
Codelco expects to lift copper output by 10 000 t this year
13th January 2026 By: Reuters

Chilean State-run miner Codelco is expected to produce 1.344-million metric tons of copper in 2026, up about 10 000 tons from last year, Chairman Maximo Pacheco said on Monday. Speaking to Reuters... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
BHP is stuck on the sidelines of copper M&A frenzy it started
13th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

BHP Group’s bold bid to buy rival Anglo American in 2024 was supposed to set it up as the clear winner in a copper boom it had long predicted. Two years later, the copper market is indeed booming.... 


A haul truck at a Congo copper mine
Congo sending first copper to US under Mercuria-backed venture
12th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo is sending its first shipment of copper to the US through a partnership with Mercuria Energy Group, as the Trump administration pushes to challenge China’s... 


Revolver flags strong restart case for Dianne copper mine
Revolver flags strong restart case for Dianne copper mine
12th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Revolver Resources has outlined a compelling business case to restart its Dianne copper mine in north Queensland, following the completion of a detailed recommencement study that... 


Safety vests with the Rio Tinto logo
Rio Tinto's bid for Glencore piles pressure on BHP
12th January 2026 By: Reuters

Rio Tinto's talks to buy Glencore and create a new global industry leader could spur consolidation efforts across the copper-hungry mining sector and heap pressure on BHP, currently the world's... 


US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China for rare earths
12th January 2026 By: Reuters

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts to reduce reliance on critical minerals from China when he hosts a dozen top finance... 


Mining truck
Celsius appoints financial adviser for Philippine copper/gold project
9th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Celsius Resources has appointed Grant Samuel Capital Advisory to assist with finalising financing for the Maalinao-Caigutan-Biyog (MCB) copper/gold project, held under its Philippine... 


Copper Cathodes
Goldman Sachs raises first-half copper price forecast
9th January 2026 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs raised its copper price forecast for the first half of 2026 to $12 750 a metric ton from $11 525 a ton on Thursday, citing a scarcity premium amid limited inventory coverage outside... 


The Twin Metals project area
Trump, Congress move to undo Biden-era ban on mining in northern Minnesota
9th January 2026 By: Reuters

The Trump administration and US Congress are launching a plan this week to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota and prevent future administrations from taking... 


Troilus delivers on key development milestones, enters pivotal transition year
Troilus delivers on key development milestones, enters pivotal transition year
8th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Troilus Mining Corp has reported that it achieved major technical, regulatory, organisational and financing milestones required to advance the company’s flagship Troilus copper/gold... 


Central Asia Metals reports ‘excellent’ production results at Kounrad
8th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Central Asia Metals has reported “excellent” production results at its Kounrad dump-leach, solvent extraction-electrowinning copper operation, in Kazakhstan, for the fourth quarter of... 


Flashback to CPM Group's Jeffrey Christian (right) being interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Long-run gold bull market expected by CPM Group of the US
8th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Given the state of the world politically, economically, financially and socially, the gold bull market is expected to continue in the long run, says Jeffrey Christian of New York-based CPM Group.... 


Capstone Copper's Chile operations
Strike continues at Capstone Copper's Mantoverde mine after negotiations fail
8th January 2026 By: Reuters

A workers' strike at Capstone Copper's Mantoverde mine in northern Chile will continue after negotiations between the company and the union failed, the union said on Wednesday. The union in a... 


Copper produced in Chile
AI to boost copper demand 50% by 2040, but more mines needed to ensure supply, S&P says
8th January 2026 By: Reuters

Growth in the artificial intelligence and defence sectors will boost global copper demand 50% by 2040, but supplies are expected to fall short by more than 10-million metric tons annually without... 


Askari poised for growth as it becomes debt free
7th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Askari Metals has successfully repaid, in full, its convertible note facility with Lawson Mining, as well as the remaining balance of the Series B Redeemable Notes, leaving it debt-free,... 


Peruvian Metals notes 2025 successes
7th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

TSX-V-listed Peruvian Metals’ 80%-owned Aguila Norte processing plant, in northern Peru, processed a yearly record of 36 616 t of third-party mineral during 2025, an 8% increase year-on-year.... 


Galantas to acquire project in Chile
7th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

TSX-V and Aim-listed Galantas Gold on January 6 entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% ownership interest in the Andacollo Oro gold project, in the Coquimbo region of central... 


Gold refining
Gold miner aims to retake Venezuela assets after Maduro’s fall
6th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

Gold Reserve has spent years fighting with Nicolas Maduro’s government over two gold deposits seized by Venezuela. Now, after the US captured the country’s leader on Saturday, the tiny mining... 


A gold bar
Morgan Stanley forecasts gold at $4 800 by the fourth quarter of 2026
6th January 2026 By: Reuters

Morgan Stanley forecast gold would hit $4 800 per ounce by the fourth quarter of this year, exceeding last year's records, citing falling interest rates, a change in leadership at the Federal... 


Gaspé copper project
Osisko Metals appoints COO
6th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Toronto-listed Osisko Metals has appointed Jeff Hussey COO, effective immediately. Hussey has over 40 years of professional experience in the exploration and mining industries and has worked in... 


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