April 10, 2024 Asante Gold to bid for Newmont’s Akyem mine Asante’s plan follows calls from Ghana’s government for local ownership of Akyem.
April 10, 2024 Sibanye may seek $500m via metals prepayment deals to boost cash The precious metals producer saw profits tumble $2 billion last year due to lower metal prices and a reported $2.6 billion of impairments.
April 10, 2024 Amplats says it has received no credible offers for South African assets Parent company Anglo American prompted the speculation in February when CEO Duncan Wanblad said "nothing is off the table".
April 9, 2024 BHP set to dethrone Codelco as world’s biggest copper producer As long as BHP’s giant Escondida mine in Chile continues to step up production, the Australian company will nudge past Codelco this year.
April 9, 2024 Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project secures $15 billion financing The project is expected to add around 5% to the global seaborne supply when it comes online.
April 9, 2024 Equinox targets May first gold at Greenstone The project is a 60/40 partnership with New York-based Orion Mine Finance.
April 8, 2024 Fortescue partners with OCP Group for green energy development in Morocco The equal partnership with the Moroccan fertilizer producer includes the development of manufacturing facilities and an R&D hub.
April 8, 2024 Vale walks away from exploration JV with Serabi Gold Serabi Gold noted it remains optimistic as there already are “a number of other groups keen to partner” with them.
April 8, 2024 Rio Tinto promotes copper boss Bold Baatar to commercial chief Baatar's role in the expansion of Oyu Tolgoi and the $6.2bn Simandou iron ore project highlights his suitability for the post.
April 7, 2024 First Quantum alerts Panamanian authorities of dangers of long-term concentrate storage at disputed copper mine Regular monitoring has detected an increase in the chemical reactions that generate dangerous gases and a rise in the temperatures of the copper concentrate stored at the Cobre Panamá mine.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
