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A squeeze in global copper markets will tighten again next year, pushing up prices of concentrate and refined metal to new highs, the head of metals research at commodity trader Mercuria said on...
TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has successfully completed the ramp-up of Turbine 5 at the Inga II hydropower plant, with an initial 50 MW of hydropower being provided to the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex,...
Europe's biggest copper smelter Aurubis is comfortable rejecting lowball offers for copper concentrate, an executive said on Wednesday, as tense negotiations over annual contracts for the feedstock...
Canadian junior Highland Copper has signed a binding offer with joint venture partner Kinterra Copper to sell its 34% interest in the White Pine North project in Michigan for about $30-million....
Diversified miner Anglo American said on Monday its Quellaveco copper mine in Peru had produced one-million tonnes of copper since start-up. Construction of the mine began in 2018, with first...
North America-focused Osisko Development has agreed to sell its noncore San Antonio gold project, in Mexico’s Sonora state, to TSX-V-listed Axo Copper in an all-share transaction that will see...
Analysts at CreditSights say they are “surprised” by the speed at which BHP abandoned its latest approach for Anglo American, arguing that the miner’s quick retreat signals either limited appetite...
Chinese copper smelters are likely to be forced to accept record low processing fees for next year's term contracts as negotiations over ore supply begin amid a backdrop of tight supply and growing...
Gold and copper miner Harmony has approved a capital investment of between $1.55-billion and $1.75-billion to develop its Eva copper project in Queensland, Australia. The South...
UBS expects copper prices to rise into next year, citing tightening supply from persistent mine disruptions and strong long-term demand from electrification and clean-energy investment, the bank...
Freeport Indonesia plans to produce 478 000 metric tons of copper cathode and 26 tons of gold in 2026, lower than its initial plan due to an ongoing recovery process following a mud flow accident,...
BHP should move on from Anglo American and focus on its growth strategy, investors said on Monday, after the Australian company's last-minute appeal to the London-listed firm that is nearing a $60...
Independent proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis on Friday recommended Teck Resources shareholders to vote in favour of a deal to combine with Anglo American. The planned merger, which was first...
Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). The MoU sets out a framework for...
BHP on Monday pulled back from a last-ditch effort to buy Anglo American and bolster its dominance in copper, just two weeks before shareholders at Anglo and Canada's Teck Resources were set to...
Africa’s minerals are indispensable for a clean economy and these range from platinum-group metals (PGMs), which power hydrogen and fuel cells, to cobalt and manganese, which will drive battery...
Zambia-focused copper producer Jubilee Metals Group has reported positive progress for the quarter ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2026 financial year – successfully improving its...
TSX-V-listed Surge Copper has moved its Berg copper/molybdenum project in British Columbia into full prefeasibility study (PFS) design and cost work, following the completion of trade-off studies...
China signed a $1.4-billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania on Thursday to modernise the TAZARA railway linking landlocked Zambia to the Indian Ocean. The railway, financed by China in the 1970s...
Canada is putting pressure on Anglo American to make stronger commitments to executive and management jobs at its proposed Vancouver headquarters as a condition of taking over Teck Resources,...
The demand for modular infrastructure in Zambia’s mining sector is currently growing rapidly as the industry expands to meet global copper demand. With copper prices remaining high, nearly all...
Reflecting on global engineering consultant DRA Global’s evolving role in Africa’s mining sector, CEO James Smith says delivering successful mining projects in Africa requires not only technical...
ASX- and JSE-listed copper mining company Orion Minerals says a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore is in the final stages of technical and financial due diligence to provide Orion with between...
Chile's state copper commission Cochilco increased its forecast for copper prices for 2025 and 2026 to record highs on Wednesday amid weak production. Cochilco now sees average copper prices in...
The inauguration of the first phase of Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary Ivanplats' Platreef platinum/palladium/nickel/rhodium/gold/copper mine is an important moment for the company, for the mining...
Canada’s first Social Acceptability Barometer for the mining sector shows strong national support for developing critical minerals, but the public expects tighter environmental oversight, better...
Freeport-McMoRan said on Tuesday it plans to restore production at Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine by July after a fatal incident forced operations to halt two months ago. Seven workers...
South Africa's Harmony Gold is evaluating a substantial copper venture in Papua New Guinea in partnership with US mining giant Newmont, chairman Patrice Motsepe said on Tuesday. "There's a huge...
The South African Competition Tribunal has issued AltX- and Aim-listed Jubilee Metals Group with a merger clearance certificate, after unconditionally approving the sale of the company South...
Copper developer Ivanhoe Electric has secured credit approvals from a syndicate of three international lenders for a $200-million senior secured multi-draw bridge facility to support early works at...
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