December 27, 2024 Cordoba secures $10m bridge loan from partner JCHX for Alacran project The Alacran project is pegged as the Colombia's next major copper-gold mine.
December 26, 2024 Panama president sees no immediate risk from First Quantum mine Jose Raul Mulino said a government report shows there are no immediate environmental or safety risks from Cobre Panama.
December 26, 2024 CHARTS: EV battery metals bill sets new low as lithium, nickel, cobalt price slump continues The raw materials bill for the average EV is now down to $510 compared to a peak of more than $1,900 at the beginning of last year.
December 26, 2024 Trade spats to curb industrial metals demand: BMO BMO Capital Markets has lowered its demand estimates for next year on the anticipation that higher tariffs and multilateral trade friction could tamp down industrial output.
December 24, 2024 CHARTS: The coming critical minerals trade war is BRICS short of a load "While a large number of countries around the world continue to talk about securing raw material supply, China is actually doing something about it."
December 23, 2024 El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban president called ‘absurd’ El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all forms of metals mining in 2017.
December 23, 2024 Chile files environmental charges against Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine One charge was deemed "very serious," the highest of three offense levels, for non-compliance dating back to a 2014 sanction.
December 23, 2024 Codelco signs early agreement with Salvador mine supervisors The 36-month agreement will start on May 1, 2025.
December 23, 2024 Nigeria resumes mining in Zamfara state on improved security Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state after a five-year suspension.
December 23, 2024 Midnight Sun receives exploration license renewal for Solwezi copper project in Zambia The project is 6 miles from Africa’s largest copper mining complex, the Kansanshi mine held by First Quantum Minerals.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
