July 16, 2024

Vale sees iron ore output at high-end of 2024 guidance after Q2 rise

The company reported output of 80.6 million metric tons for the steel-making ingredient in the three-month period ended in June.

July 16, 2024

Copper market’s biggest whale fuels speculation of a major shift

The world’s single biggest buyer of copper, State Grid Corp. of China, has slowed its purchases of copper wire this year.

July 16, 2024

Development banks seek to revive world’s biggest power project

The planned Grand Inga hydropower complex in the DRC has been stalled for decades.

July 16, 2024

China copper smelters bracing for shortage of vital scrap metal

Around 30% of China’s refined copper production used scrap metal as a feedstock in 2023.

July 16, 2024

Vedanta seeks $1 billion in upsized share placement

Vedanta is joining a slew of Indian companies tapping stock investors amid surging valuations and increasing demand for equity investments in the country.

July 16, 2024

Barrick’s quarterly gold and copper output edges higher

Barrick Gold's second-quarter gold output edged up by almost 0.9% from the previous three months.

July 16, 2024

Marimaca Copper gets $50m injection from Assore

Investment gives Assore International a 14.99% non-diluted stake in the Canadian copper company, which owns the namesake project in Chile.

July 15, 2024

AEMA, coalition launch legal challenge to BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule 

The American Exploration & Mining Association was joined by a coalition in filing a challenge last Friday in the Wyoming district court.

July 15, 2024

Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban, for now at least

There are some 10,000 mining claims in Grassy Narrows’s interim area of interest for over more than 2,850 sq. km in the province’s far northwest.

July 15, 2024

Portugal’s mining strategy may favour copper over lithium

Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining.