July 8, 2025 Smelter mishap stokes shutdown push at Codelco Some at the Chilean state-owned miner are pushing for a permanent closure at the Potrerillos smelter.
July 8, 2025 Next Rio Tinto boss expected to entertain big deals, cut costs A new CEO will have to walk a fine line between cost discipline and repositioning the miner for a potentially dramatic shift towards copper.
July 8, 2025 Canadian mining magnate seeks US projects as Trump deregulates Frank Giustra’s search for his next mining investments isn’t limited to the US, with only a handful of countries ruled out.
July 8, 2025 Trafigura prepays $200 million to snap up Ivanhoe’s Congo copper The world’s biggest copper trader will take 20% of the Congo smelter’s anodes for three years.
July 8, 2025 Column: London Metal Exchange reaps the rewards of tariff turmoil The London Metal Exchange has recorded its highest quarterly volumes since 2014.
July 8, 2025 Glencore to sell Philippine copper smelter to Villar family The asset, the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining (Pasar), has long served as a key logistics hub for Glencore.
July 7, 2025 Aura Minerals seeks $210 million in US listing The market value of Coconut Grove, Florida-based Aura has more than doubled this year.
July 7, 2025 Chile’s biggest copper windfall in years signals higher output The country that accounts for about a quarter of the world’s mined copper shipped $4.7 billion worth of the metal last month.
July 7, 2025 Luca logs high-grade gold, silver at Campo Morado deposit in Mexico Luca is conducting 5,000 metres of drilling at the 121-sq.-km Camp Morado deposit this year as it targets near-mine resource expansion.
July 7, 2025 Aya discovers new gold-copper zone at Morocco site The latest drill results extend the Boumadine project’s Imariren mineralized trend by 1 km.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am