January 26, 2023

US blocks mining in parts of Minnesota, dealing blow to Antofagasta’s Twin Metals copper project

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order on Thursday withdrawing 225,504 acres in the Superior National Forest from leasing.

January 26, 2023

Stillwater expands resource, nickel by more than half at Montana project

The new inferred resource estimate raised tonnage by 62% compared with figures from 2021.

January 26, 2023

Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot

The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla.

January 26, 2023

Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check

The two partners have only just ended a long-running tussle over the underground expansion of the mine.

January 26, 2023

Chile mine delays to slow copper growth; peak seen lower, later – regulator

Likely output of the red metal will peak at some 7.14 million tonnes in 2030, two years later than anticipated.

January 26, 2023

Cochilco raises 2023 copper price forecast to $3.85/lb

Cochilco also pegged its estimated 2024 copper price at an average of $3.65 a pound.

January 26, 2023

Panama won’t allow First Quantum to expand copper mine operations

"The company has asked for more surface to operate and we have said no," said the deputy environment minister Diana Laguna.

January 25, 2023

Eight new mines or expansions in British Columbia worth investment of $4.9 billion

The biggest new mine proposal is the Seabridge Gold KSM project in the province's northwest.

January 25, 2023

Copper price falls with China absent for Lunar New Year

Copper rallied strongly in early January but prices lost momentum as Chinese markets closed on Jan. 20.

January 25, 2023

US worker shortage dents Freeport-McMoRan’s copper output

The miner said that the outlook for copper fundamentals in the medium- and long-term period remains favorable.