October 6, 2025 Copper price retreats despite Grasberg supply worries Copper retreated after its biggest weekly gain in a year, as the dollar rallied amid political turmoil in Japan and France.
October 6, 2025 Barrick CEO change could trigger asset sales, takeover: analysts “We see a potential shift in the company’s strategy” with Bristow’s exit, Jefferies Securities analyst said.
October 6, 2025 All missing workers found dead at Freeport’s Grasberg mine The last five miners were found Sunday, ending a weeks-long search after 800,000 tonnes of wet material hit the site.
October 5, 2025 Ecuador revokes environmental license for DPM to develop gold project The Loma Larga project was expected to receive investments of $419 million for an average annual production of about 200,000 ounces of gold.
October 3, 2025 Bank of America recommends resources stocks to bet on AI “AI devours commodities,” wrote BofA’s team led by Michael Hartnett.
October 3, 2025 Copper price records biggest weekly gain in a year Three-month futures are up about 4% for the week, trading near $10,600 a ton on the London Metal Exchange.
October 2, 2025 Ivory Coast grants 11 new mining permits to boost exploration The permits, valid for four years, include eight for gold exploration companies.
October 2, 2025 Copper price highest in over a year on Grasberg disruption, Fed outlook The rally has been bolstered by Freeport-McMoRan’s force majeure at the Grasberg mine in Indonesia.
October 2, 2025 Codelco to trial Caterpillar’s power-on-the-move truck tech The Chilean copper giant will test an energy transfer system on three haul trucks, aiming to cut emissions 60%–70% and boost engine life.
October 2, 2025 Freeport Indonesia says search for five trapped Grasberg workers still ongoing The incident has caused a jump in global copper prices.
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025 Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 and articles about the metal were read more than 2.5 million times this year. December 24, 2025 | 12:20 pm
