April 12, 2023 Hurdles loom for Newmont’s $19.6 billion bid for Newcrest Macquarie analysts upgraded their Newcrest share price target by 18% on the back of the sweetened Newmont offer.
April 12, 2023 Trafigura takes significant copper volumes from LME warehouses Copper stocks in LME warehouses, at 56,800 tonnes, have fallen by more than 25% since the middle of March.
April 11, 2023 Ecuador mining opposition holding up $1 billion of investments Ecuador has abundant mineral reserves but has lagged behind regional neighbors such as Peru and Chile in large-scale mining development.
April 11, 2023 Newmont, Glencore bids crack into metal industry’s top takeovers Both deals — if completed — would rank among the top 10 biggest takeovers of metals producers.
April 11, 2023 CHARTS: Mining’s top 50 companies top $1.4 trillion value amid M&A fever World’s top 50 mining companies build on gains in the first quarter of 2023, but remain well below valuations this time last year as M&A fever grips the sector.
April 11, 2023 Copper price gains but China’s weak activity weighs China signaling weak activity capped gains as the market looked ahead to the US inflation.
April 11, 2023 Western Copper confirms $1.7 million investment by Rio Tinto to maintain stake The investment allows Rio to maintain its approximate 7.84% interest.
April 11, 2023 Subsidiary of Gecamines secures $75 million to build new unit STL will produce copper cathodes, cobalt hydroxide, a germanium precipitate, silver concentrate and zinc oxides.
April 11, 2023 Glencore sweetens offer for Teck with $8.2bn cash incentive Revised bid gives Teck’s shareholders the option to receive cash plus 24% of the metals unit, instead of exposure to coal and oil.
April 11, 2023 Copper-based solution captures CO2, stores it in the ocean An engineering researcher at Lehigh University has developed a novel way to capture carbon dioxide from the air.
US proposed SECURE Act aims to offset China’s grip on critical minerals Bill would establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve to support domestic production and processing of minerals vital to electrification, clean energy and national defense. January 20, 2026 | 01:11 pm
