May 19, 2023 Congo President heads to China amid mining contract negotiations Felix Tshisekedi will visit China next week as the two nations look to conclude the re-negotiation of a $6.2 billion mineral-for-infrastructure deal.
May 19, 2023 Ecuador, Colombia and Peru Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing copper, gold and more While geopolitical risk in South America is growing, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru remain mineral-rich hot spots with excellent potential for new discoveries.
May 19, 2023 US Forest Service pauses timeline for Rio Tinto Arizona copper mine The USFS has told a federal court it is not sure when it could approve a land swap allowing Rio to develop the Resolution Copper mine.
May 19, 2023 Vale said to decide on base metals sale worth billions next week: Brazilian paper The board of directors is to analyze binding offers for a 10% stake that could be valued at $2.5 billion.
May 19, 2023 Wall Street Journal sees a debt-ceiling copper glow up A look at the esteemed financial paper’s case for calling copper the next big bull market.
May 19, 2023 Copper price rebounds on optimism over US debt talks Wider financial markets marched higher after Democratic negotiators told President Joe Biden on Friday that they are making "steady progress" in talks with Republicans.
May 18, 2023 Vale gets offers for stake in base metals unit Vale would sell 10% of the unit worth around $2.5 billion, local newspaper reports.
May 18, 2023 Hudbay’s reduced exposure belies its belief in Peru’s prospectivity Violent protests in the country have killed at least 66, posing risks to the activity of other large mines like MMG’s Las Bambas and Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde.
May 18, 2023 Marimaca Copper’s resource revamp lobs it into the ‘globally significant’ arena, says CEO Namesake project in the Antofagasta region now has measured and indicated oxide resources totalling 200 million tonnes grading 0.45% copper for 900,000 tonnes of metal.
May 18, 2023 Hudbay Minerals to acquire Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia for $439m Zeta Resources, which owns 9.96% of Copper Mountain, and Mitsubishi Materials, which owns 25%, have signalled their approval.
Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown Congo launched its first batch of traceable artisanal cobalt in November. December 24, 2025 | 08:42 am
