March 21, 2024 Antofagasta launches desalination plant for Los Pelambres mine The mine is the first to operate with desalinated water in an area of the country that has suffered a 15-year drought.
March 21, 2024 Brewer’s yeast helps recover metals from e-waste Researchers have found a way of selectively capturing metals from a waste stream using spent brewer's yeast.
March 21, 2024 Copper price resumes rally as Fed rate signals boost industrial metals The metal has gained more than 10% over the past six weeks, boosted by supply risks.
March 20, 2024 British Columbia funds new extraction technology BC invested $630,000 from the Province’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund in cleantech startup pH7 Technologies to conduct a pilot project.
March 20, 2024 Alaska governor calls on Biden to update mine permit process Governor Dunleavy sued Biden last week for the president's 2023 decision to block the giant Pebble project. The suit seeks more than $700 billion.
March 20, 2024 China’s copper smelters to discuss fees as crisis roils sector Smelters including Jiangxi Copper and Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group will meet in Shanghai next Thursday, according to Bloomberg.
March 20, 2024 Barrick looks to explore new gold, copper deposits in the DRC Last year, Barrick said it intended to search for additional copper deposits in Zambia and the DRC as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the African copper…
March 20, 2024 India’s mineral production grows nearly 6% in January The country produced over 99.8 million tonnes of coal in the period on the back of rising power demand.
March 20, 2024 Glencore’s carbon emissions jumped 8.8% in 2023, reveals new climate plan Increase was a consequence of expanding coal production and restarting an oil refinery in South Africa.
March 19, 2024 Peru copper production dips 1.2% in January The new figures come after a 17% drop in output from MMG's Las Bambas mine and a 13.4% fall from Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde mine.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
