October 13, 2025 Rio Tinto says strong year-end iron ore push needed as China demand surges The world's biggest iron ore producer shipped 84.3 million tonnes of the steel-making commodity from its Pilbara operations.
October 13, 2025 JPMorgan targets critical minerals with $1.5 trillion security initiative Jamie Dimon: “It has become painfully clear that the United States has allowed itself to become too reliant on unreliable sources of critical minerals."
October 13, 2025 Value of Argentina’s mining exports up about 33% in first nine months of 2025 The figures mark a historic record for foreign sales from the national mining industry for the first nine months of a year.
October 13, 2025 LME WEEK: Exchange to roll out premium pricing for sustainable metals Some miners have complained their metals produced with renewable energy are not able to compete with cheaper output produced using coal.
October 13, 2025 Codelco buys into Friedland’s I-Pulse to boost mine efficiencies Codelco joins other miners such as Rio Tinto Group, Newmont and Teck Resources as investors in the US-based firm.
October 13, 2025 LME WEEK: Sharp divide between copper bulls and bears at industry gathering A yawning gap has emerged between those counting on mine disruptions and sceptics who say demand is weak and the market oversupplied.
October 13, 2025 GRAPHIC: Copper’s rally needs China impetus to reach record The metal has been propelled higher in 2025 by a weak dollar and, in recent months, a series of mining mishaps, but there is still a question mark over demand.
October 13, 2025 China’s iron ore, copper and coal imports rise to annual high However, copper concentrate imports dropped 6.3% as mine disruptions, most recently at Grasberg in Indonesia, hampered supply of the smelting feedstock.
October 12, 2025 Copper bulls’ LME Week party clouded by Trump’s China threats The renewed concerns about a US-China trade war highlight an uncomfortable truth for the copper market.
October 12, 2025 INSIGHT: Mining megadeals are poor fix for copper shortage For mining bosses to start solving the copper shortage, the rest of the world will have to feel it first.
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
