April 21, 2025 CMOC to acquire Lumina Gold in $421M deal Lumina’s Cangrejos project is considered the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador.
April 19, 2025 Russia’s VEB to invest $13.4B in copper mine in country’s far east Once operable, the Baimskaya deposit will boost Russia's copper production by 25% and its gold production by 4%.
April 18, 2025 RANKED: World’s biggest copper mines Over the next few years and decades, the biggest copper mines would play a pivotal role in the energy transition.
April 17, 2025 Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans The Forest Service said it will republish an environmental report needed for the Resolution copper project land swap to occur within 60 days.
April 17, 2025 Iron ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins BHP, Rio Tinto, and Vale all reported drops in quarterly shipments from the year before.
April 16, 2025 BHP warns of trade war fallout as it ramps up copper output The world’s biggest miner produced 67.8 million tons of iron ore compared with 68.1 million tons for the same period last year.
April 16, 2025 South32 third-quarter manganese output misses estimates The world's biggest producer of manganese ore produced 476,000 wet metric tons last quarter.
April 16, 2025 Ghana government takes control of Damang mine operated by Gold Fields Ghana's government has rejected an application from the South African company to renew its lease.
April 16, 2025 Epiroc wins largest order in history with A$350M contract from Fortescue Included in the order is a fleet of Epiroc blasthole drill rigs: the cable-electric Pit Viper 271 E and the battery-electric SmartROC D65 BE.
April 16, 2025 Newmont climbs to world’s No. 4 miner after $850M asset sales The miner finalized sales of its Akyem operation in Ghana and Porcupine operation in Canada.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am