June 18, 2023 Business groups weigh in on recent mining developments in Panama The Mining Chamber of Panama and the Chamber of Commerce entered the debate related to Cobre Panamá and Cerro Quema.
June 18, 2023 World’s No. 2 gold miner is trying to get bigger in copper For a company with “gold” in its name, Barrick Gold Corp. has become noticeably fixated on copper.
June 18, 2023 Material intensity in EV batteries going down —report IDTechEx says there is a trend to reduce the number of materials that provide core functionality to the battery pack.
June 18, 2023 New study quantifies violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights by extractive industries Ten universities joined forces to conduct the largest quantitative analysis to date of the violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights by extractive and industrial developments.
June 16, 2023 Critical material prices are recovering but the outlook is mixed New report says lithium, nickel sulphate and rare earth prices are set to recover sharply but graphite, magnesium and titanium markets are in for more pain.
June 16, 2023 US requests probe of alleged labor abuses at Grupo Mexico mine The request is the eleventh such action under the North American trade pact.
June 16, 2023 Boliden’s Ronnskar smelter declares force majeure on copper deliveries after fire The smelter produced 218,000 metric tons of copper in 2022.
June 16, 2023 Los Andes Copper allowed to restart drilling in Chile, stock surges Its Vizcachitas project represents one of the largest advanced copper deposits in the Americas.
June 16, 2023 Chile to tender lithium permits in first half of 2024 Private companies that win exploration licences will have priority to gain exploitation permits in association with a state-run company.
June 16, 2023 Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm Ivanhoe will convert a loan balance of $76 million owed to the company by HPX into an equity investment in I-Pulse, HPX’s parent company.
Chinese copper smelter, Antofagasta agree to record low fees Tough negotiations reflected a market facing abundant refining capacity but tight global ore supplies. December 22, 2025 | 12:20 pm
