October 8, 2024 Rio Tinto buys Arcadium for $6.7 billion cash Rio's offer is at the high end of expectations representing a premium of 90% to Arcadium’s closing price on October 4.
October 8, 2024 Zijin Mining buys Newmont’s Ghana gold project for $1 billion Underground operations are expected to begin from 2028, extending the mine’s life to 2042 and delivering about 186,00 ounces of gold a year.
October 8, 2024 Marimaca Copper options Chile project to create potential synergies with oxide deposit The Pampa Medina project consists of 4 mining concessions near the planned processing site of the Marimaca oxide deposit.
October 8, 2024 Video: Barrick sharpens focus on capital discipline and copper growth, CEO says – Part 1 Barrick has prioritized growth investments with shareholder returns and loan retirements, distributing $5 billion and cutting debt by $3.5 billion.
October 8, 2024 UK fraud watchdog settles case brought by ENRC for ‘leaks’ during investigation The Kazakh mining group accused Britain's Serious Fraud Office of leaking information about a corruption probe to journalists.
October 8, 2024 Canada invests $10m in Ontario infrastructure to support critical minerals projects A total of four companies -- three focused on lithium and one on copper -- have been named the recipients of the funding.
October 8, 2024 Japan’s JX Advanced Metals files IPO application in Tokyo The metal company, which retains a 30% stake in Caserones, plans to remain in mining and smelting to secure essential metals.
October 8, 2024 Trigon hits ‘surprise’ high-grade copper at Kombat mine in Namibia Trigon restarted production at Kombat in 2022.
October 8, 2024 Chakana Copper hands part of Soledad project in Peru back to Condor The concessions would make up approximately 25% of Chakana's expanded Soledad copper-gold-silver project.
October 8, 2024 Hopes for repeat of May’s copper price blowout fade Copper prices fell sharply on Tuesday after hopes of further stimulus in China evaporated and conditions for a repeat of May’s record setting squeeze faded.
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