August 9, 2023 Mining is growing rapidly – so are investor-state disputes New study shows dramatic increase in investor-state disputes and 80% of miners and counsel involved in arbitration expect greater government intervention over the next year.
August 9, 2023 Ecuador’s President asks court to resume environmental consultations Popular referendums, halted since last week, are a necessary step for any mining company hoping to obtain an environmental license in Ecuador.
August 9, 2023 Newcrest leftovers don’t appeal to Australia’s top gold miners Newmont is widely expected by sector executives to sell the two Newcrest-operated mines in Western Australia.
August 9, 2023 Hudbay Minerals closes second quarter with $14.9 million loss It attributed the results to the acquisition of Copper Mountain, as well as lower copper and zinc prices, higher costs and lower sales.
August 8, 2023 Nunavut copper finds send Aston Metals shares through the stratosphere The Storm copper project on Somerset Island, Nunavut, has been the focus of intensive exploration efforts.
August 8, 2023 Barrick CEO sees few good deals despite mining’s M&A revival "The problem is that, in the gold industry, most of the tier one assets remaining are embedded in bad assets. And you can’t unlock them,” Bristow says.
August 8, 2023 An inconvenient truth… there’s not enough critical metals to reach net zero Data from the US Geological Survey suggests global copper reserves will fall short by 80%, global nickel reserves by 90%, and cobalt by around 96%.
August 8, 2023 Peru copper output grows in first half of 2023, up 22% in June Copper output was hit earlier this year after nationwide protests, but mining conglomerate Grupo Mexico has been upbeat.
August 8, 2023 Copper price lowest in nearly a month on Chinese trade data Data showed China's imports and exports fell much faster than expected in July.
August 8, 2023 Barrick beats quarterly profit estimates on higher gold prices The company also maintained its full-year production outlook for gold and copper.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
