February 26, 2025 Chile power grid flickers back to life after huge outage and copper mines come back online The power outage, caused by a transmission line failure in northern Chile, struck mid-afternoon on Tuesday.
February 25, 2025 Power outage hits swaths of Chile, from largest copper mine to Santiago streets Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, was without electricity, while state-owned copper miner Codelco said all its mines had been affected.
February 25, 2025 BHP to advance $2 billion concentrator optimization at Escondida mine The optimization is the first initiative of its decade-long $10.8 billion investment plan it announced in November.
February 25, 2025 Column: Massive Simandou mine can end Australia’s golden iron ore age, or start new one The term gamechanger is often over used enough to be rendered meaningless, but the huge Simandou mine in the West African country of Guinea is going to be just that.
February 25, 2025 First Quantum steps up campaign to reopen Panama copper mine The company has switched from a low-profile approach to engaging with Panamanians.
February 25, 2025 Alcoa warns Trump’s aluminum tariff could cost 100,000 US jobs The tariffs alone would not be enough to entice Alcoa to restart some of its shuttered US facilities, its CEO said.
February 24, 2025 Amplats halts operations at South African mine after heavy rains Tumela mine, the smaller underground operation in Amplats' Amandelbult complex, was the most impacted.
February 24, 2025 Palliser asks Rio Tinto to seek Australian shareholder vote on dual listing The global miner's UK shareholders were set to vote on Palliser's resolution that sought review of the company's dual-listed structure.
February 24, 2025 Equinox Gold to buy Calibre for $1.8B The combined company is expected to be Canada’s second-largest gold producer.
February 24, 2025 BHP seeks copper deals while metal is hot BHP might finally have the rare chance to access more of the world’s largest copper reserves that can last for generations.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
