January 21, 2025

Chile seeks projects to extract cobalt and rare earths from mining waste

The country's development agency is offering $3-$4m over three years for studies on extracting cobalt and rare earths from tailings.

January 21, 2025

Teck earmarks up to $3.9 billion to boost copper output

Canada’s largest diversified miner reported a 50% increase in annual copper production for 2024, reaching 446,000 tonnes.

January 20, 2025

BHP’s iron ore, copper output surge on mine improvements

Production rose because of supply chain improvements, with a record amount of iron ore delivered from the Central Pilbara hub.

January 20, 2025

New York futures for gold, copper tumble on WSJ tariff report

Premiums for gold traded on the US-based Comex over the London spot market halved following the news report, to around $20 an ounce.

January 20, 2025

Metso inks $30m deal to supply key equipment for copper plant in Oman

The Mazoon copper project represents a cornerstone of Oman’s mining sector.

January 20, 2025

Barrick eyes sale of stake in Zaldivar copper mine – report

Barrick holds a 50% interest in Zaldívar, a joint venture with Antofagasta, which produced about 80,000 tonnes of copper last year.

January 20, 2025

Copper price gains in London after report of delayed US tariff rollout

Copper rose as much as 1.2% in London ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.

January 20, 2025

American Pacific boosts copper resource at Palmer project in Alaska

The contained copper in indicated category increased 16% over the 2019 resource estimate.

January 20, 2025

Amarc stock doubles on gold-copper discovery at JOY project in British Columbia

Amarc's CEO called the AuRORA discovery "a significant inflection point" in the exploration of the JOY district with Freeport.

January 20, 2025

Copper market sees half chance of 10% US tariff by first quarter-end, Goldman says

Trump has talked of tariffs of as much as 10% on global imports as well as 60% on Chinese goods.