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Copper cathode produced in the DRC
Trump supporter Prince reaches deal with Congo to help secure mineral wealth
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, according to two sources close to the private security executive, a... 


An image of raw copper in Zambia
Zambia’s Kashime copper mine approved to start operations
17th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Kashime copper mine project, located in the Upper Lusemfwa area of Mkushi district in Zambia, has received authorisation to start mining operations. The project is primarily being developed by... 


Euro Sun CEO Grant Sboros (left) with Euro Sun GM Dr Sorin Halga.
South African resolve helping to turn copper/gold deposit to account in Romania
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Toronto-listed Euro Sun Mining’s South African CEO is reported to have exercised considerable resolve in helping to remove the obstacles in the way of turning one of Europe’s large copper/gold... 


Allied Gold launches C$80m bought deal
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-headquartered Allied Gold on Wednesday announced a C$80-million bought deal public offering alongside a concurrent block trade, as the miner looks to improve share liquidity. The... 


Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal.
Hillside Aluminium guiding unchanged output for 2025 financial year
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the nine months ended March, the full-year guidance of... 


Paladin's Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia
Paladin hit with class action over 'misleading' uranium guidance
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX- and TSX-listed Paladin Energy has been served with a class action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with the plaintiffs alleging the uranium producer misled investors and breached its... 


Iron-ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins
Iron-ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The world’s biggest iron-ore miners face a difficult start to the year, after extreme weather impacted production and as their biggest customer China braces for a trade war. This week, BHP Group,... 


World Bank president Ajay Banga
World Bank's Banga doubles down on intent to end ban loans for nuclear power projects
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

World Bank president Ajay Banga on Wednesday doubled down on his push to revamp the bank's energy strategy to end a ban on lending for nuclear power projects and enable more natural gas projects,... 


Alcoa reports $20m tariff hit on imports from Canada
Alcoa reports $20m tariff hit on imports from Canada
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Alcoa, the largest US aluminum producer, said President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on metal imports has cost the company $20-million since the duties went into effect. The Pittsburgh-based company... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
Rising protectionism to slow global growth, reshape trade — BHP's Henry
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified commodities major BHP CEO Mike Henry has expressed concern about increasing protectionism, warning that while tariffs have little direct impact on the miner, their broader implications... 


Newmont CEO Tom Palmer
Newmont wraps up noncore asset sales, banks $2.5bn this year
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold major Newmont has completed its previously announced non-core divestiture programme, closing the sales of its Akyem mine in Ghana and Porcupine operation in Canada. The company has now... 


Equinox wins proxy support for Calibre deal
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Influential proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co have thrown their weight behind Equinox Gold’s proposed all-share business combination with Calibre... 


Newmont sold the Porcupine mine to Discovery Silver as part of a larger asset divestiture programme.
Discovery Silver completes Porcupine deal
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals company Discovery Silver has officially joined the ranks of Canadian gold producers with the closing of its acquisition of Newmont’s Porcupine operations in Ontario. The... 


Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold on Wednesday issued a sharp rebuke to the government of Mali as tensions over taxes escalated, warning that the viability of its flagship Loulo-Gounkoto mine is... 


EXIM signals $825m for Ivanhoe Electric’s Arizona copper mine
EXIM signals $825m for Ivanhoe Electric’s Arizona copper mine
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper explorer Ivanhoe Electric has received a preliminary indication of support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $825-million in debt financing to advance its... 


Woodside hires Mexico Pacific CEO Bairstow for Louisiana LNG project
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's top gas producer Woodside Energy aid on Wednesday it had hired Sarah Bairstow, the chief executive of Mexico Pacific, for its Louisiana liquefied natural gas plant in the United... 


Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump's copper tariff probe
Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump's copper tariff probe
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chile, Canada and Peru - three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States - have told President Donald Trump's administration that imports of the metal from their countries do not... 


Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to record high as the Trump administration pressed ahead with probes that could broaden a sweeping trade war, boosting demand for havens. Bullion climbed above $3 248 an ounce for the... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump orders tariff probe on all US critical mineral imports
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports, a major escalation in his dispute with global trade partners and an attempt to... 


Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto reports weaker iron-ore output as weather batters Pilbara operations
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified major Rio Tinto Group warned on Wednesday that its 2025 iron-ore output will likely land at the lower end of guidance as extreme weather disrupts operations in Australia’s Pilbara... 


Vale's iron-ore output falls in first quarter hurt by Brazil rains
Vale's iron-ore output falls in first quarter hurt by Brazil rains
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale produced 67.7-million metric tons of iron ore in the first quarter of 2025, down 4.5% from a year earlier, the company said on Tuesday in its sales and output report. One of... 


SolGold looks at early openpit strategy to accelerate Cascabel development
SolGold looks at early openpit strategy to accelerate Cascabel development
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed SolGold is pursuing an early production strategy that prioritises openpit and sub-level caving opportunities at its Cascabel copper/gold project in Ecuador, aiming to accelerate cash... 


Goldman Sachs cuts aluminium price forecast on weaker growth outlook
15th April 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs has reduced its forecast for aluminium prices this year after its economists downgraded global growth forecasts including for the US and China following the Trump administration's... 


Ascot to restart Premier mill in August
Ascot to restart Premier mill in August
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-based Ascot Resources plans to restart operations at its Premier gold mill in British Columbia in early August, following a delay caused by labour shortages that slowed underground... 


Kinross halts Tasiast mill operations after fire, maintains production guidance
Kinross halts Tasiast mill operations after fire, maintains production guidance
15th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Kinross Gold has temporarily suspended milling operations at its Tasiast mine, in Mauritania, following a fire on on Tuesday, the Canadian gold producer said Wednesday. The fire, which occurred in... 


Jefferies earlier this year marketed a new loan to regional private credit firms to help refinance a $2.1bn bridge loan for Peabody’s takeover of Anglo’s steel coal assets.
Peabody holds off private debt refinancing of $2.1bn loan
15th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Coal mining company Peabody Energy has held off seeking a $500-million private debt, which would help refinance an acquisition loan after the planned deal was put under review, according to people... 


US copper industry seeks export curbs instead of import tariffs
US copper industry seeks export curbs instead of import tariffs
15th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Major players in the US copper industry have called on President Donald Trump to restrict exports of ore and scrap metal rather than imposing tariffs on imports, in his efforts to boost domestic... 


American Tungsten appoints new CEO as Nye steps into president role
15th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-based American Tungsten announced on Monday that it had appointed Ali Haji as CEO and that Murray Nye would assume the role of president, where he would continue to provide strategic... 


The Musselwhite mine in Ontario
Orla on track to meet guidance as Musselwhite acquisition boosts Q1 output
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-based Orla Mining produced nearly 48 000 oz of gold in the first quarter of 2025, bolstered by its recent acquisition of the Musselwhite mine in Canada, and said it remains on track to... 


Liberty raises C$20m in bought-deal financing
15th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Liberty Gold has announced a C$20-million bought-deal financing to advance its Black Pine oxide gold project, in the US. The company entered into an agreement with Canaccord Genuity... 


Allied abandons share placement with Ambrosia, NYSE listing progresses
Allied abandons share placement with Ambrosia, NYSE listing progresses
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-headquartered Allied Gold has scrapped a planned private placement with UAE-based Ambrosia Investment Holding, citing unmet conditions and improved market dynamics that it says now support a... 


The ore will be processed at Energy Fuels' White Mesa mill in Utah.
Western Uranium & Vanadium inks ore deal with Energy Fuels
15th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

CSE-listed Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp has signed an ore purchase agreement with NYSE-listed Energy Fuels, as it moves to generate revenue from its stockpiled ore at the Sunday mine complex in... 


Fortuna sells San Jose mine to Peru’s JRC Ingeniería
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian miner Fortuna Mining has completed the sale of its 100% interest in Compañía Minera Cuzcatlan, owner of the San Jose silver mine in Oaxaca, Mexico, to Peruvian firm JRC Ingeniería y... 


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