October 2, 2023

Firm dollar and rising inventories send copper prices below $8,000

Inventories of copper in LME-registered warehouses have surged 141% in the past three months.

October 2, 2023

Codelco strikes early deal with Radomiro Tomic mine supervisors’ union

Nearly 90% of union members voted to approve the agreement.

September 29, 2023

Copper and silver: The electrical metals

Copper and silver are often skipped over in discussions of metals needed for the green economy, with battery metals like lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel hogging the limelight.

September 29, 2023

Peru won’t force contested mining projects on communities

Both the Tia Maria project and the Las Bambas copper mine have been heavily opposed by local communities.

September 29, 2023

Supervisors at Escondida mine reject contract offer, strike possible

The union says BHP is looking to reduce benefits and production bonuses while extending working hours.

September 29, 2023

Fortune Minerals, Rio Tinto to collaborate on critical minerals recovery technology

The collaboration will aim to increase Fortune's cobalt and bismuth refining operations to process co-product streams of the minerals recovered from the Kennecott smelter.

September 29, 2023

Copper price rebounds on signs that China’s economic recovery may be strengthening

The Chinese official manufacturing gauge is expected to signal expansion for the first time since March.

September 29, 2023

Vedanta to split business into six listed companies

The metals-to-oil Indian conglomerate seeks to boost growth amid a financial performance decline by parent company Vedanta Group.

September 29, 2023

Tajikistan or Britain? Origin of famous Bronze Age tin ingots sparks controversy

A new study refutes previous findings that assigned the tin from the Uliburun shipwreck to the Mushiston deposit in Tajikistan.

September 28, 2023

$1bn metals SPAC deal backed by Glencore, automakers collapses

ACG had planned to buy a nickel mine and a copper mine from Appian Capital.