April 27, 2024 Antofagasta fined for breaking water extraction rules in drought-ridden Chilean region Chile’s General Water Directorate fined Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Los Pelambres for the unauthorized extraction of surface and groundwater.
April 27, 2024 BHP considering improved proposal for Anglo American after bid rejected BHP Group is considering making an improved offer for Anglo American after its $39 billion initial proposal was rejected.
April 26, 2024 Copper juniors converge in British Columbia, Yukon Territories Juniors are extremely important to major mining companies because they are the firms finding the deposits that will become the next mines.
April 26, 2024 Southern Copper’s output seen above 1 million tonnes in 2027 The company also edged up its forecasts for this year, predicting output of 949,000 tons.
April 26, 2024 Codelco output keeps falling, underscoring copper struggles The state-owned miner said output totaled 295,000 metric tons, down 10% from the same period last year.
April 26, 2024 Panama completes process of mining concession cancellations The law was passed in November 2023 in response to the protests against First Quantum Minerals' new contract.
April 26, 2024 Silvercorp diversifies into South America with $146 million deal for Adventus Silvercorp said it has the technical capabilities to bring Adventus' El Domo project into production on an accelerated basis.
April 26, 2024 China could hinder BHP’s bid to become top copper producer The deal comes just as Chinese copper processors are struggling to turn a profit on supplies from miners like BHP.
April 26, 2024 Rising copper demand spurs search for alternative climate solutions CRU, a metals consultant, sees demand increasing about 40% by 2050 even if cleaner technologies aren’t rolled out aggressively.
April 26, 2024 Copper price hits $10,000/t as BHP bid shows tight supply pipeline The metal has reclaimed the $10,000 threshold for the first time in two years.
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
