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.
October 2, 2025 Caterpillar emerges as unlikely AI winner on turbine demand The hunt for winners in the artificial intelligence gold rush has landed on the giant industrial equipment maker.
October 1, 2025 Glencore’s Lomas Bayas mine operating as usual as waste yard fire weakens The fire, which started around midday on Tuesday, has weakened in recent hours.
October 1, 2025 Column: Critical minerals are stuck between demand hopes and oversupply reality The caveat to long-term forecasts is that they are inherently risky as market dynamics can shift.
October 1, 2025 Sanctioned Russian copper firm in talks to acquire state-seized gold miner UMMC is in talks with the government to acquire a majority stake in the gold mining company UGC which was seized by the state in July.
October 1, 2025 DPM halts Loma Larga gold-copper project drilling amid protests “Permitting appears to be resurfacing as a potential challenge,” CIBC Capital Markets said.
October 1, 2025 Japan’s Pan Pacific plans 2.5% cut in H2 copper output The company outsources smelting and refining operations to its parent companies' plants.
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
