August 8, 2025

Chile copper mine damage worse than first thought, inspection shows

Inspections have shown damage to 3,700 meters (12,000 feet) of tunnel at the El Teniente mine.

August 8, 2025

MP Materials hits record high on strong output, Pentagon and Apple deals

MP’s stock has more than quadrupled in 2025.

August 8, 2025

Argentina’s copper dreams need infrastructure – but who will build it?

Eight copper projects in Argentina could bring total mining export value to $15.4 billion by 2030.

August 8, 2025

Glencore shakes up trading team with head of coal to exit

Ruan van Schalkwyk, a longstanding executive who runs coal trading for Glencore, is retiring.

August 8, 2025

A mile underground, America’s largest untapped copper mine inches toward reality

More than two decades and $2 billion later, not a single ounce of copper has been mined at the Resolution project.

August 8, 2025

Barrick sells Chile gold project to Boroo for $50M

The Singapore unit of Boroo will also pay a 0.5% net smelter return royalty on gold and silver until 2 million ounces are produced.

August 7, 2025

Codelco collapse was likely caused by mining rather than nature

The probable scenario being used inside Codelco is that the incident was caused by geological stresses resulting from the project’s own extraction processes.

August 7, 2025

Fortescue secures yuan loan worth $2 billion for green energy plans

The mining giant said at the end of July that it was scaling back and would scrap its green hydrogen projects locally and in the United States.

August 7, 2025

BHP, Vale offer $1.4 billion settlement in UK lawsuit over Brazil dam disaster, FT reports

The offer was reportedly made during a June meeting in New York with Pogust Goodhead, the British law firm representing the claimants.

August 7, 2025

Rio Tinto says no economic incentive for green steel in Australia

Since Australia's iron ore is mostly too low-grade to be directly processed into steel with renewable energy, it needs an additional processing step.