September 3, 2024 Codelco bids $500 million for stake in key Chile copper mine The proposal to acquire a 10% stake in the Quebrada Blanca mine from fellow state firm Enami is reportedly before the latter’s board.
September 3, 2024 Guest Column: Critical minerals, Western security and the case for US leadership The International Energy Agency estimates an extra $800 billion of investment in new mining projects is needed by 2040 to meet the 1.5 °C target.
September 3, 2024 US-backed Angola rail plan secures $200 million from key bank The Development Bank of Southern Africa has approved as much as $200 million for the Lobito corridor rail project.
September 3, 2024 Goldman cuts copper price forecast by $5,000 as bullish bet closed The bank has been one of the biggest cheerleaders of the industrial metal.
September 3, 2024 Xi wants bigger returns, fewer headaches from African debt deals From Angola to Djibouti, for over a decade, China poured more than $120 billion of government-backed loans through its Belt and Road Initiative.
September 2, 2024 The commodity supercycle revisited A new copper supercycle is emerging, built on several rising geopolitical and market trends.
September 2, 2024 Teck announces new business structure, leadership team post coal exit The new company structure will revolve around two regional business units, North America and Latin America.
September 1, 2024 China’s bulging commodity stockpiles show depth of economic woes The government’s growth target for the year looks increasingly out of reach, an unwelcome development for the drillers and miners.
August 31, 2024 Power Nickel taps into Chile’s copper secrets with Fleet Space tech The tool has been deployed across Power Nickel's Zulema, Palo Negro and Tierra de Oro sites, uncovering significant faulting and new geological structures.
August 30, 2024 Latest permit for Hudbay project in Arizona paves way for major US copper boost The company has in hand the second-last permit it needs to start construction at its 85,000-tonne-per year Copper World project.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am