July 15, 2025

Informal miners lift blockades along Peru’s key copper route, protest leader says

The informal miners plan to suspend the protest at least through Friday.

July 15, 2025

India in talks with Chile, Peru to source critical minerals

India is also working with trading partners to reduce dependence on China for critical minerals.

July 15, 2025

Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO

The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.

July 14, 2025

Column: Trump’s copper tariffs won’t lift US output, will boost costs

The tariff on copper imports may turn out to be the biggest own goal of Trump's ongoing trade war.

July 14, 2025

Trump’s copper tariffs pile more metal misery on US auto industry

The US market is heavily reliant on imported copper, aluminum and steel, and developing new capacity could take years.

July 14, 2025

Gertler, a ‘king’ in Congo, describes mine payments in arbitration testimony

Gertler’s testimony cited in the arbitrator’s decision also describes how he made loans to the country and held assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of Congolese partners.

July 14, 2025

Lockheed Martin reboots Pacific seabed mining plans

The US defense giant holds two licenses in the mineral-rich Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the eastern Pacific ocean.

July 12, 2025

Trump’s 50% copper import tariff said to cover refined metal

Refined copper represents the biggest category of the metal that is imported by the US.

July 11, 2025

CHART: Nvidia hits $4 trillion – how do mining stocks stack up?

It's an open money pit.

July 11, 2025

Codelco copper recovery on track with output up 9% in first half

Codelco is looking to get back to pre-pandemic production levels over the coming years.