April 15, 2025

First Quantum buys into Aussie explorer to boost Zambia copper

It will invest A$15.2 million for a 15% stake in Prospect Resources, its neighbour in the Zambian copper belt.

April 14, 2025

Copper traders, manufacturers discuss funding for Chile smelter

Enami has started sounding out advisers for a process to finance the Paipote smelter.

April 14, 2025

Newmont deploys Ericsson private 5G at Australia’s largest underground mine

Previously, Newmont was unable to connect more than two machines at distances of no more than 100m on Wi-Fi, before the network and machines became unusable.

April 14, 2025

Gold Fields to end operations at Ghana’s Damang mine after lease extension denied

Ghana’s government rejected the company’s application to extend the lease, which is set to expire on April 18.

April 14, 2025

Antofagasta to invest $200M advancing Cachorro copper project

Discovered in 2017, the Cachorro copper deposit is located in the western Atacama Desert at an elevation of 1,500 metres.

April 11, 2025

Hudbay secures union support for Copper World mine in Arizona

Proposed 85,000-tonne-per-year project in Arizona is fully permitted to begin construction.

April 11, 2025

Top EU miner faces uphill battle to tame accelerating cash burn

JSW SA has asked Poland’s social security office to allow it to delay this year’s payments in the latest sign of the struggles the European Union’s biggest coking coal miner…

April 11, 2025

Andrew Forrest to face deposition in Tudor Jones suit

The mining billionaire faces a seven-hour deposition as his legal battle with hedge fund mogul Paul Tudor Jones II intensifies over a failed green energy partnership.

April 10, 2025

One of the strangest chapters in copper mining is drawing to a close

When copper prices are swinging this wildly it’s easy to lose sight of the giant hole that exists in the industry where dynamite meets bedrock.

April 10, 2025

Copper output from Codelco slips 6% in February

Codelco is the No. 1 miner of the red metal globally, but has struggled to boost declining output in recent years.