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.
July 7, 2025 LME’s new Hong Kong warehouses attract copper deliveries Some additional amounts of copper were expected to come to the LME-registered warehouses in Hong Kong ahead of July 15.
July 7, 2025 China’s mining investment sets new record There were 10 deals worth more than $100 million in 2024, the most since 2013, data from S&P and Mergermarket shows.
July 7, 2025 Royal Gold to acquire Sandstorm, Horizon in $3.7B deal The combined company will have 80 assets, with 87% of revenue from precious metals and gold contributing about 75% alone.
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
