March 14, 2025 Glencore overhauls embattled Canadian smelters as margins plunge The company’s copper plants in Quebec — as well as several recycling sites in the US — will be absorbed into the miner’s global zinc smelting division.
March 14, 2025 Rio Tinto joins Mitsubishi as investor in US recycling project Exurban is planning to build a $340 million plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to recover metals including copper, gold and silver.
March 14, 2025 Anglo American plans fresh job cuts as part of restructuring Anglo began restructuring the business last year after it had to fend off a takeover bid by BHP.
March 14, 2025 Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals Verisk Maplecroft’s Resource Nationalism Index shows a record jump in government control over resources in 47 countries since 2020.
March 13, 2025 Panama signals it’s ready to negotiate on shuttered copper mine Panamanian president spent recent weeks meeting with local businesses that relied on Cobre Panama and hearing from workers that were impacted by its closure.
March 13, 2025 Citigroup predicts LME copper price to hit $10,000 before US tariffs The metal climbed in recent weeks after President Donald Trump ordered a probe into copper imports.
March 13, 2025 Freeport Indonesia hopes to get copper export permit soon Freeport seeks to export 1.2 million metric tons of concentrate.
March 13, 2025 Exxaro’s new CEO tasked with diversifying into battery metals Mining veteran Ben Magara will steer the South African coal miner's push into battery metals.
March 12, 2025 Metso introduces new copper sulfide leaching process The Cu POX process is a proven hydrometallurgical method for the treatment of copper sulfide concentrates at lower capacities.
March 12, 2025 India to launch auction for mineral exploration licenses for 13 blocks The blocks include those of diamond and copper.
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