June 25, 2025 Copper price: Chinese smelters ramp up exports, potentially squeezing home market too Exports at these levels would bring renewed pressure and could potentially tip the Chinese market into backwardation as well.
June 24, 2025 Antofagasta celebrates 25 years of mining at Los Pelambres As one of the largest copper mines in the world, Los Pelambres has produced more than 8.5 million tonnes of the industrial metal to date.
June 24, 2025 Magna’s Crean Hill project receives Ontario gov’t funding The funds, said Magna, will be applied towards metallurgical work related to enhancing precious metal recoveries.
June 24, 2025 Silver X secures $2M from Trafigura to support Peru copper expansion The loan builds on the existing copper offtake agreement for Nueva Recuperada, which is ramping up to its nameplate capacity.
June 24, 2025 US finalizing $500 million for African critical minerals railway The US International Development Finance Corp. said it is “actively negotiating” with stakeholders, including the Angolan government and Trafigura.
June 24, 2025 Trump tariffs fan calls by European metal producers for scrap export curbs Scrap metal exports to the United States nearly tripled in the first three months of 2025 versus the same period a year earlier.
June 23, 2025 Citizens stage rally for re-opening of Cobre Panama copper mine Thousands of former workers, members of supplier companies and local residents staged a march in Panama on Sunday.
June 23, 2025 New study gives Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project $1.4B value The underground mine could produce 72,000-tonnes of copper cathode annually during the first 15 years of a 23-year life, the company said.
June 23, 2025 Copper squeeze deepens as LME stockpiles plunge Copper is experiencing an historic backwardation as traders react to rapidly falling inventories, potential US tariffs, and a pricing crisis at smelters.
June 23, 2025 First Quantum reports fatality from accident at Zambia mine An employee working at the company's Trident project in Zambia has passed away following an incident involving a dump truck.
SolGold agrees to $1.2 billion takeover by top investor Jiangxi Copper This was Jiangxi's third proposal to acquire the company. December 24, 2025 | 08:03 am