Copper miner Freeport Indonesia has lowered its 2025 concentrate output target by almost a tenth to 3.29-million tons and is aiming for copper output of 1.67-billion pounds (757 499 metric tons),... 

Copper will hit $10 000 a ton in the coming three months, according to Citigroup, which said the global market will remain tight until the timeline for US import tariffs becomes clearer. The metal... 

Copper producer Consolidated Copper Corp (CCC) has appointed Tim Flynn as group security head and Robert O’Neill as chief compliance officer to support the company’s operations and growth in... 

LSE- and TSX-listed SolGold on Wednesday announced a further investment from Jiangxi Copper Company Limited (JCC), which would see the Chinese mining giant acquire about 157-million shares in... 

China will import even more off-exchange refined copper this year, according to analysts and traders, as output from the Congo booms and users look to alleviate shortages and head off a potential... 

US net copper imports could rise by 50% to 100% in the coming months due to higher US prices before the Trump administration's planned tariffs, Goldman Sachs said in a note on Tuesday. The May... 

Carlyle Group’s Jeff Currie warned of a “security premium” that will be added to the cost of metals like copper as tariffs mean that countries will need to pay more to ensure domestic supplies.... 

ASX-listed Prospect Resources has announced a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 107-million tonnes grading 0.5% copper, for a total 515 000 t total contained copper, on the Mumbezhi copper... 

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals' work programmes during the interim period to December 31, 2024, focused on the progression of definitive feasibility studies (DFS) for the company’s flagship... 

The first roundtable discussion between the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), and Rio Tinto was held on March 6, in Port Moresby, marking the beginning of... 

South Africa has extensively tested highly convincing home-grown smelting technology that has the potential to re-establish this country as a global ferroalloys hub by enabling it to produce... 

Peru is planning to send a delegation to meet with US officials after the Trump administration announced plans to introduce copper tariffs that may affect the South American nation’s biggest export... 

Freeport-McMoRan hopes US President Donald Trump declares copper a critical mineral, a move that would unlock tax credits needed to boost American production of the red metal and offset global... 

London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital released on Monday a letter addressed to the chair of global iron ore miner Rio Tinto, urging further steps toward unifying its dual-listed structure... 

Australia-listed Resolution Minerals has announced a binding agreement to acquire three exploration projects in New South Wales and Queensland, enhancing its strategic exposure to two critical... 

Mining major BHP has committed to investing up to A$40-million for the exploration of potential Tier 1 copper/silver deposits in Botswana, in partnership with Australia-listed Cobre.  The... 

The US is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator contacted US officials to pitch a... 

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of the diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals, on Friday expressed confidence that platinum group metal (PGM) prices will increase in the... 

ASX-listed New World Resources has secured firm commitments for a A$14-million institutional placement to accelerate development at its Antler copper project in Arizona, US. The placement, issued... 

Copper miner Freeport Indonesia may get an export quota for around one-million metric tons of copper concentrate, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia told reporters on Friday.... 

London-listed Xtract Resources has started a diamond drill programme at Silverking (Licence 26673-HQ-LEL) in Zambia. The programme has set a number of objectives aimed at advancing the development... 

ASX-listed Lodestar Minerals has expanded its exploration footprint at the Darwin iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) project in northern Chile, applying for an additional 3 200 ha of exploration... 

South Africa’s biggest gold mining company is well down the track with its solar build amid group operating free cash flows increasing by 46% to a new half-year record of R10.4-billion in the six... 

Base metals miner Lundin Mining has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Talon Metals to negotiate an earn-in agreement for up to a 70% interest in the Boulderdash nickel/copper exploration... 

Copper prices surged by more than 5% in New York — leaping further above other global benchmarks — as US President Donald Trump suggested imports of the metal could be subject to a 25% tariff.... 

The platinum market recorded a deficit of 995 000 oz for full year 2024, which is 46% higher than previously forecast, as total demand exceeded eight-million ounces for the first time since 2019... 

TSX-V-listed Highland Copper Company has received approval for its updated air permit application for the Copperwood project in Michigan, US, the company announced on Tuesday. The Michigan... 

Canadian miner Teck has been developing plans to sell zinc to Asia instead of the US to circumvent tariffs from President Donald Trump's administration on Canadian imports, CEO Jonathan Price on... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has offered the US exclusive access to critical minerals and infrastructure projects in exchange for security assistance as it battles a rebellion backed by...