July 3, 2023 Glencore offers to buy rest of PolyMet for $71m The move will give Glencore a direct ownership of NorthMet, poised to be Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine.
July 2, 2023 Zambia to pick investor in Mopani Copper Mines this month China’s Zijin Mining, Norinco Group, Sibanye Stillwater and an investment vehicle owned by ex-Glencore officials are shortlisted to buy Mopani.
June 30, 2023 Copper price rises despite slow recovery in China "There is no end in sight in the near future to the gloomy sentiment surrounding China's economic recovery," Commerzbank said.
June 30, 2023 Mopani Copper Mines losses deepen amid search for new investor Its financial losses widened to $298 million from $74.2 million in 2021.
June 30, 2023 Chile copper output falls 14% y/y in May The world's largest copper producing nation, which accounts for a quarter of the world’s mined metal, has seen its output stagnate
June 30, 2023 Boliden partially restarts Ronnskar production after fire, to lay off 190 people The Swedish company expects all production lines at Ronnskar, except the destroyed electrolytic refinery, to be ready for production in July.
June 29, 2023 Electrical accident at Chile’s El Teniente copper mine leaves one dead El Teniente is an underground copper mine located in the Chilean Andes, 2,300 metres above sea level.
June 29, 2023 Nova Royalty acquires NSR on Newmont’s Saddle North copper deposit in British Columbia Nova's royalty covers nearly 37,000 hectares of BC's Golden Triangle.
June 29, 2023 Biden administration aims $2 billion in grants at US electric vehicle transition Auto workers union has warned that a rapid change to EVs could put thousands of jobs at risk.
June 29, 2023 Fixing deep-sea mining damage would be double the cost of extraction — study Ecosystem restoration would cost between $5.3 - $5.7m per sq. km, compared with $2.7m sq. km to mine the seafloor.
ISA rules leave seabed mining stuck without benefit sharing Legal experts say deep-sea mining cannot start until the ISA agrees how profits from the global seabed would be shared. December 30, 2025 | 04:00 am
