July 17, 2025 S&P downgrades Nippon Steel to ‘BBB’ on debt strain from US Steel deal The downgrade reflects concerns over Nippon Steel's financial position, which S&P expects to remain weak over the next one to two years.
July 16, 2025 Alcoa says Trump’s tariffs added $115 million in aluminum costs The company redirected Canadian-produced aluminum to customers outside the US to mitigate additional tariff costs.
July 16, 2025 Vedanta’s Zambia copper unit will revamp smelter to boost output The company had pledged to invest more than $1.2 billion over five years to upgrade the Konkola operations and pay creditors.
July 16, 2025 AngloGold buys Augusta Gold in Nevada push The all-cash deal is worth about C$152 million ($111 million).
July 16, 2025 Newmont nets $470M from selling Greatland, Discovery Silver stakes Newmont said that with the share sales, it now expects to generate $3 billion in after-tax cash proceeds from its divestiture program in 2025.
July 16, 2025 Rinehart urges Rio Tinto to shift main office to Australia She also took a swipe at Rio's Simandou project, dubbed the "Pilbara killer," for its potential to rival the region as the top iron ore hub.
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.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
