April 15, 2025 SQM-Codelco in crosshairs of Chile presidential frontrunner Evelyn Matthei has pledged to review a landmark deal that would see SQM relinquish a majority stake in its prized Atacama salt flat mine to Codelco.
April 15, 2025 JV floated as path to reopen First Quantum Cobre Panama mine A government-industry partnership could resolve the dispute that has kept the Cobre Panama copper mine closed since November 2023.
April 15, 2025 Ivanhoe Electric lines up $825M financing for Arizona copper project The company is putting together a prefeasibility study for Santa Cruz that is due to be completed in June.
April 15, 2025 US copper industry seeks export curbs instead of tariffs Major players in the US copper industry have called on President Donald Trump to restrict exports of ore and scrap metal rather than imposing tariffs on imports.
April 15, 2025 LME approves its first four warehouses in Hong Kong The new Hong Kong depots will be able to start storing metals on July 15.
April 15, 2025 Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump copper tariff probe Countries aim to fend off potential tariffs on the metal needed for electric vehicles and myriad industrial uses.
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 New Jersey warehouse filled with copper shows Trump tariff risk The owner of E.W. Berger & Bro has been loading up on copper plumbing parts to get ahead of possible US import tariffs.
April 14, 2025 Osisko Metals says Gaspé copper drill results better than expected All five holes drilled in the past three months intersected significant disseminated mineralization.
South Africa’s last manganese smelter on the brink as high power costs weigh Transalloys CEO Konstantin Sadovnik says the business has been loss‑making for about three years. December 30, 2025 | 08:13 am
