April 4, 2023 Barrick to earn into Midland’s Patris gold project in Quebec Barrick must make cash payments of C$1.02m and exploration work totalling C$16.57m over eight years, to earn up to a 75% stake in Patris.
April 3, 2023 Rio Tinto to spend $216.5m to fund Ranger uranium mine rehab costs Proceeds will be used to fund rehabilitation related to Energy Resources's Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory and repay a loan from Rio Tinto.
April 3, 2023 Glencore not giving up on Teck takeover CEO Gary Nagle said Glencore's offer creates better value for shareholders all around than the one Teck is currently proposing.
April 3, 2023 Glencore’s bid for Teck shows it’s willing to abandon coal The Teck proposal “shows that Glencore do see merit in spinning off coal, which they’ve never said before,” a portfolio manager said.
April 3, 2023 Rio Tinto fires up BlueSmelting demo plant in Quebec The demonstration plant will process 40,000 tonnes of ilmenite per year, making it the largest of its kind in the world.
April 3, 2023 Sumitomo Metal plans 11% cut in full-year copper output The decline comes as it plans to conduct two-month maintenance at its Toyo Smelter & Refinery in Ehime, western Japan.
April 3, 2023 Mitsui Mining expects H1 zinc output falling 4.7% y/y Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd plans to produce 107,000 tonnes of refined zinc in the first half of the 2023/24 financial year.
April 3, 2023 Agnico Eagle becomes sole owner of Canadian Malartic mine The world’s third-biggest bullion producer now owns the Canadian Malartic, one of North America’s biggest gold mines.
April 3, 2023 Teck rejects unsolicited $23bn takeover bid from Glencore Teck Resources is instead urging shareholders to approve an already announced separation of Teck Metals and Elk Valley Resources.
April 2, 2023 Barrick Gold replaces gold reserves, remains on track to execute 10-year business plan Barrick Gold’s executive chairman John Thornton said the company more than replaced the gold reserves it mined in 2022.
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
