December 18, 2023 SQM ties up with Hancock on $1.1bn bid for Azure Minerals Azure has received a sweetened $2.48-per-share takeover offer from the pair.
December 18, 2023 Copper Mark awarded to Teck’s Quebrada Blanca and Carmen de Andacollo mines in Chile Copper Mark is awarded to mines assessed as meeting 32 responsible production criteria including greenhouse gas emissions, community health and safety, respect for Indigenous rights, and business integrity.
December 18, 2023 Skeena closes $60 million financing with Franco-Nevada for Eskay Creek Franco-Nevada now holds a 2.5% NSR on all of the Eskay Creek properties.
December 18, 2023 Nornickel joins stainless steel factory project, aims to increase nickel sales Annual production at the new plant is expected to be up to 500,000 metric tons per year.
December 18, 2023 Novo Resources forms JV with SQM on lithium-nickel exploration in Australia SQM will pay Novo A$10 million for a 75% interest in five tenements held by Novo.
December 18, 2023 Nippon Steel agrees to buy US Steel for $14.1 billion The deal caps months of uncertainty over the future of the iconic American company.
December 18, 2023 Vedanta Ltd declares second interim dividend for FY24 The dividend comes at a time when UK-based parent Vedanta Resources grapples with multiple rating downgrades.
December 17, 2023 Thousands of Cobre Panamá workers join First Quantum’s voluntary retirement scheme Close to 2,500 workers joined Minera Panamá’s special voluntary retirement scheme following the order received by parent company First Quantum Minerals to end mining operations at the Cobre Panamá copper…
December 17, 2023 Unknown suspects attack Glencore’s railway infrastructure in Colombia The railway infrastructure used by Glencore’s Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia was attacked with explosives.
December 16, 2023 South African court denies class action against Anglo American South Africa's High Court ruled that a class action lawsuit against Anglo American brought by victims of alleged historic lead poisoning in Zambia should not go ahead.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
