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.
January 24, 2022 Going green must include nuclear for EU’s largest copper plant KGHM, the biggest consumer of Poland’s overwhelmingly coal-based electricity, plans to introduce nuclear power into its energy mix this decade.
January 24, 2022 Copper price retreats ahead of Fed meeting Investors will be looking for any clues as to how much the central bank will raise interest rates this year and when it will start.
January 24, 2022 Zijin Mining to explore for lithium in DRC The Chinese miner has launched its first lithium exploration project in a joint venture with DRC-owned firm Cominiere.
January 24, 2022 Sibanye-Stillwater ditches $1bn Brazil copper and nickel deal The assets were the Santa Rita nickel and Serrote copper mines, and would have boosted the miner's growing battery metals portfolio.
January 23, 2022 Panama’s industry chamber warns First Quantum against using royalty increase for political gain Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture said it hopes the extra funds the state will receive from its recent deal with First Quantum Minerals are not used for political…
January 23, 2022 Saudi’s state-controlled miner names fourth CEO in two years Robert Wilt, a former Alcoa Corp. exec who was most recently CEO of one of Canada’s largest food companies, will lead Saudi Arabian Mining Co.
January 23, 2022 LEDs combined with copper may be key to developing new medicines, electronics LEDs combined with a copper-based molecular catalyst turn out to be a more sustainable way to develop chemical compounds with potential uses in medicine and electronics.
January 22, 2022 Teck Resources announces new contract with union at British Columbia mine The United Steelworkers have ratified a new collective agreement, replacing the one that expired on Sept. 30, 2021.
January 21, 2022 Peru groups agree to services deal with MMG mine after protests Community groups in Peru agreed to provide trucking services to the Las Bambas copper mine.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am