May 19, 2025 Russia says China’s Zijin agrees to keep Siberian zinc mine open Sanctions prompted the Chinese company to weigh suspending operations.
May 18, 2025 Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets, FT reports The uranium miner filed a lawsuit this week over the "arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and unjust confiscation of property" involving its staff and assets in the country.
May 16, 2025 Navoi Mining completes $500M Eurobond placement The new bond placement, says NMMC, was supported by favorable capital market conditions.
May 15, 2025 Century-old hydroelectric power plant in Quebec gets $1.2B boost from Rio Tinto This is Rio Tinto’s largest single investment in its hydroelectric assets since the 1950s.
May 15, 2025 Mali hearing on Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto mines postponed to May 22 Bamako's Tribunal de Commerce court was due to consider a request by the Malian state to put the mines under a provisional administration.
May 15, 2025 First Quantum estimates $1.7B in forgone economic contributions to Panama Before its suspension, Cobre Panama has been a major driver of socio-economic prosperity for Panama, contributing around 5% of its GDP.
May 15, 2025 Antofagasta’s Zaldivar mine in Chile secures environmental approvals through 2028 The approval would allow the company to continue advancing in studies that aim to enable Zaldivar's operations until 2051.
May 14, 2025 Judge to hear Mali’s request to reopen Barrick mine under new management The order would represent a major escalation of a dispute between the country and the Canadian miner.
May 14, 2025 Ivanhoe almost doubles Makoko copper resource in DRC Total delineated contained copper in the area now stands at 9.37 million tonnes.
May 14, 2025 Copper price drops sharply after trade deal bounce Pullback comes despite Chinese copper inventories falling by 60% in a single month.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
