September 17, 2024 Zijin vows to keep investing in Canadian mining despite crackdown The comments echo sentiments expressed in March by China’s ambassador to Canada.
September 17, 2024 Private equity firm emerges as successful bidder for Nevada Copper An affiliate of Kinterra Capital made a stalking horse bid of $128 million for substantially all of Nevada Copper's assets last month.
September 17, 2024 Zambia mines lobby calls on government to halt reforms The government recently announced plans to establish a state-owned firm to control at least 30% of future mines’ production.
September 17, 2024 Bank of America forecasts copper price above $10,000, iron ore price below $80 by 2025 While the outlook for iron ore appears grim, BofA remains bullish on copper due to strong structural demand.
September 17, 2024 Magna Mining PEA update hikes return five-fold for Crean Hill nickel project The PEA gives the underground mine a base case post-tax net present value (at an 8% discount) of C$194.1 million.
September 17, 2024 Midnight Sun solves Zambian licence error The disputed Kazhiba licence is one of three target areas on the company’s 506-sq.-km property.
September 17, 2024 BHP warns AI boom would worsen copper shortage Growth of data centres and AI could boost copper demand by 3.4 million tonnes a year by 2050, CFO Vandita Pant said.
September 16, 2024 First Quantum offers voluntary retirement to Cobre Panama workers The mine was shut down in November, hours after Panama's Supreme Court declared its contract unconstitutional.
September 16, 2024 Daye copper plant in China to close for 3 months after fire The stoppage could mean the release of copper raw materials to the market, which has faced unprecedented shortages this year.
September 16, 2024 Antofagasta to invest $3.5 billion in 2025 amid portfolio expansion The miner is actively looking for copper projects in Peru that can yield at least 50,000 tonnes of the red metal for 10 years or more.
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
