December 11, 2024 Freeport requests environmental permission for $741m leaching project in Chile A leaching project is being planned at the El Abra mine.
December 11, 2024 Vale to build iron ore briquette plant in Louisiana with $283m financing from US The DOE financing will be through 2031.
December 11, 2024 Arbitration between Franco-Nevada, Panama moves to next stage Franco-Nevada had a streaming agreement with First Quantum to buy gold and copper from Cobre Panama.
December 11, 2024 Mali arrests, Niger site seizure rattle Western miners Short term, analysts said they expected juntas to continue squeezing the companies already in the region.
December 11, 2024 BHP, Rio Tinto face sexual harassment class actions in Australia Miners are accused of fostering environments at Australian sites where female staff faced systemic sexual harassment and discrimination.
December 11, 2024 Chile copper firms begin talks on combining smelter efforts Codelco and Enami are discussing the possibility of combining smelting capacity into a single project.
December 11, 2024 Chilean mining firms see 2025 copper output at 5.4-5.6mt Chilean mining firms also expect copper prices to range between $4.2 and $4.5 per pound next year.
December 11, 2024 Glencore ties up with Cyclic Materials in copper recycling push Canadian rare earth and metals recycler will supply at least 10 thousand metric tones of recycled copper to Glencore.
December 11, 2024 South32 eyes Alaska’s copper under potential Trump policy changes Approval of Ambler Mining District road would allow South32 and Trilogy Metals to mine high-grade copper from their assets.
December 10, 2024 Newmont cuts two dozen middle manager jobs in corporate overhaul The cuts are in addition to the previously reported reduction of at least 10 senior managers and an executive.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
