April 22, 2025

Chile moves forward with lithium projects in three salt flats

Chile has accepted applications for the Agua Amarga, Ascotan and Coipasa salt flats.

April 22, 2025

Mining billionaire Agarwal moves closer to breaking up his empire

The overhaul will allow the group to list each of its key businesses: aluminum, oil & gas, power, iron & steel, along with the publicly traded core company Vedanta.

April 22, 2025

Barrick to sell Donlin Gold stake to Paulson, Novagold for $1B

The agreement with Barrick would increase Novagold's stake in the project to 60%, with Paulson holding the remaining 40%.

April 21, 2025

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

At the end of Q2 the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market cap of just under $1.5 trillion, up a respectable $213…

April 21, 2025

Surging gold stocks lift mining’s top 50 companies above tariff chaos

World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.

April 21, 2025

Nornickel maintains 2025 nickel production forecast

The company said it produced 42,000 tons of nickel in the first quarter of 2025, a 1.1% drop from the same period of last year.

April 21, 2025

US investor Cameron offers $5 billion for Kazakh mining giant ERG

ERG formed task force to explore Kazakhstan's rare earth deposits.

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.