January 26, 2022 Biden administration kills Antofagasta’s Minnesota copper project The decision shows the administration is increasingly comfortable prioritizing domestic conservation efforts, even as demand for minerals used to build electric vehicles rises amid efforts to combat climate change.
January 26, 2022 Chile’s constitution drafters want to annul mining concessions on indigenous lands Proposal to suspend Chilean mining and forestry concessions that infringe on indigenous land was approved.
January 26, 2022 Rising copper prices boost Freeport-McMoRan profit Prices of copper, considered to be an economic bellwether, rose by a quarter last year and are expected to continue their positive momentum in 2022 due to the metal's central…
January 25, 2022 Environmental groups sue to undo PolyMet mine deal in Minnesota Its an attempt to reverse a 2017 land transfer that gave PolyMet more than 6,600 acres needed to build an open pit copper and gold mine.
January 25, 2022 Battery Mineral Resources’ stock rises on drill results at Punitaqui copper mine Minera Altos de Punitaqui is in the Coquimbo region of Chile, about 30 miles south of Teck's Andacollo copper mine.
January 25, 2022 Teck to trial Jetti Resources copper catalyst Jetti’s copper catalyst increases run-of-mine copper yields.
January 24, 2022 2022 – a year of rebalancing for metals and mining “The most likely outcome is an environment where commodity prices can settle from the extraordinary highs of 2021. But there are plenty of risks to this outlook," says Wood Mackenzie.
January 24, 2022 Minnesota court orders review of water permit for PolyMet mine The appeals court ordered the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to reconsider whether any groundwater runoff from the proposed mine would pollute navigable waterways.
January 24, 2022 Rio Tinto and Mongolia settle feud over Oyu Tolgoi copper mine The deal marks a positive development for Rio, which is reeling from Serbia's rejection last week of its proposed lithium mine as well as local opposition to projects in Ghana…
January 24, 2022 Fortune Minerals plans Alberta cobalt refinery The company says the plant, which it will purchase for C$5.5 million, will significantly reduce the cost of developing its NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
