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.

May 14, 2025

MP Materials signs rare earths deal with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden

The US miner has signed an MoU with Saudi's state miner to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom.

May 14, 2025

KGHM’s first-quarter core profit leaps 60%

Adjusted core profit rose to 2.49 billion zlotys ($659.55 million).

May 13, 2025

Kazatomprom obtains financing for sulphuric acid plant

The total cost of the project is about 113 billion tenge ($222.5 million).