July 16, 2025

Rio says Trump tariffs added $300 million in aluminum costs

The miner is Canada’s largest aluminum producer and sells the vast bulk of the metal in the US.

July 16, 2025

BHP says Australian green iron too costly despite joint China deal

Fortescue is set to produce green iron from a pilot plant this year.

July 16, 2025

Antofagasta’s copper production up 11% in strong first half

The Chilean miner, the largest copper producer after Codelco, generated 314,900 tonnes of copper in H1 2025, up from 284,700 in H1 2024.

July 15, 2025

Indigenous groups ask Chile court to pause community review of Codelco-SQM lithium deal

The process is one of the final conditions for a deal to go into effect in which state-run Codelco will take a majority stake in SQM's lithium mining operations.

July 15, 2025

Rio Tinto Q2 iron ore output rises as Trott gets set to take helm

The miner shipped 79.9 million tonnes of iron ore from its Pilbara operations, a 13% rise from the previous quarter.

July 15, 2025

Newmont shares plunge following CFO’s departure

Shares of the world’s top gold producer fell as much as 8.9% on Tuesday in New York.

July 15, 2025

China’s lithium giants tumble after first-half profit warnings

Two of the largest miners warned that battery metal woes had weighed on earnings for the first half of the year.

July 15, 2025

Barrick weighs sale of gold mine to Discovery Silver

Discovery Silver is in the final stages of a process Barrick launched in April to sell the Hemlo gold mine in Ontario.

July 15, 2025

Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO

The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.

July 14, 2025

B2Gold could spend $740M on Gramalote mine after confirming viability

Study confirms the technical, economic and environmental viability of the project located in the municipality of San Roque in Colombia.