Europe's biggest copper smelter Aurubis will charge European customers a premium of $315 per metric ton for refined copper next year, three market sources said on Tuesday, a record high for the... 

The US Forest Service has issued the final decision notice and finding of no significant impact for NYSE-listed Hecla Mining Company’s 100%-owned Libby copper/silver exploration project in Lincoln... 

The US government has taken two major steps to advance development in Alaska’s remote Ambler Mining District — approving the long-delayed Ambler road project and taking an equity stake in Trilogy... 

President Donald Trump reversed a Biden administration decision blocking the construction of the Ambler Road project in Alaska, in a move he said would open up critical energy and mining projects.... 

Aim- and AltX-listed Jubilee Metals has advised shareholders that the process to complete the sale of its South African chrome and platinum group metal (PGM) business continues after shareholders... 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Seabridge Gold has reported that exploration and development company Tudor Gold Corp has filed a lawsuit against the province of British Columbia. The case was launched in the... 

NYSE-listed copper and gold miner Freeport has advised that the five workers it was still searching for at its Grasberg block cave mine, in Indonesia, have been found deceased. Seven workers went... 

Diversified miner Orion Minerals has again increased the size of its capital raising, now targeting A$8.6-million, or about R99-million, after receiving further firm commitments from investors. The... 

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals has received additional firm commitments from sophisticated and professional investors for a previously announced capital raising, thereby increasing the amount... 

Peru’s large miners are getting increasingly worried lawmakers may tamper with rules around mineral rights as congress prepares to discuss a proposed law favouring small-scale operators. Peru, the... 

Miner Freeport Indonesia said on Thursday that the search for five missing workers at the Grasberg copper and gold mine was still ongoing, more than three weeks after a deadly mud flow disaster at... 

The days of feel-good international meetings are over, affirms Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba on Wednesday; “it’s time for results!” He was delivering a... 

Diversified mining major BHP is pumping more than A$840-million into a suite of new projects at Olympic Dam in line with a vision to turn South Australia into a copper superpower. The investment,... 

Metals analysts are cutting their estimates of global copper supplies for this year and next after an accident at the giant Grasberg mine dramatically tightened the outlook for the market. Copper... 

The world's biggest copper miner, Chile's Codelco, has named Gonzalo Lara Skiba as vice president of integrating operations at Andina, a role in which he will spearhead a shared mine plan between... 

Freeport-McMoRan said on Tuesday it remains in discussions with the government of Indonesia regarding rights to operate the Grasberg copper and gold mine past 2041. News reports earlier on Tuesday... 

Residents in the mining town of Tierra Amarilla in the Chilean desert are hopeful that a new court ruling will allay their fears about a giant sinkhole that opened near their homes more than three... 

Glencore's Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile is working to control a fire that broke out at a waste yard at midday on Tuesday, sending up a tall column of smoke, the company said in a statement. No... 

Renewable energy project developer Sungrow will build a 233 MW solar PV plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for commercial and industry energy investment company CrossBoundary Energy,... 

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals has received firm commitments for a placement to sophisticated and professional investors and chairperson Denis Waddell, comprising about 333.33-million shares to... 

Institutional investors in Glencore have grown increasingly frustrated with the commodity giant’s underperformance, with several large shareholders privately voicing their disappointment and... 

China, Zambia and Tanzania on Monday signed a $1.4 billion deal to refurbish the Tanzania-Zambia railway, a vital route for shipping copper exports from the region, Zambia's government said. The... 

The president and CEO of Barrick, Dr Mark Bristow, is stepping down after elevating the New York and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company to great heights in fewer than seven years. After... 

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is prepared to play a constructive role in supporting Australia’s embattled smelters but stressed that taxpayer funding must deliver “value for... 

JSE- and ASX-listed base metals miner Orion Minerals has appointed Johan van Dyk project director, in support of the operational-readiness activities currently under way at the company’s Prieska... 

Private equity firm Kinterra Capital is aiming to restart the Pumpkin Hollow underground copper mine in Nevada within the next 24 months, following the completion of an $80-million equity financing... 

Australia’s mining and energy workforce has bounced back strongly from last year’s downturn, but a new forecast warns future growth risks being undermined by weakening project pipelines, mounting... 

Argentina has approved McEwen Copper’s Los Azules project for inclusion in the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), endorsing a $2.7-billion investment to advance one of the country’s most... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the growing demand for platinum in the medical technology sector; the advances being made by Rainbow Rare Earths at its Phalaborwa rare earth element...