BHP strike in Chile enters third day, buoying global copper price
Escondida is the world's largest copper mine, accounting for nearly 5% of global supply in 2023.
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Congo’s South Kivu governor lifts mining suspension in province
Metals from the province are mostly mined by artisanal miners.
Exxaro closes in on critical metals deal
The company is close to securing a deal to buy manganese or copper assets and could announce an acquisition this year.
Iron ore price hits over 14-month low on weak China property data
Property investment in China fell 10.2% in the first seven months from a year earlier.
Friedland buys California luxury estate from Ellen DeGeneres for $96 million
The property is located in Carpinteria, near Santa Barbara, a hotbed for celebrity buyers on California’s coast.
UK provides $17.3 million to protect Tata Steel’s Port Talbot workers
Workers suspended a planned all-out strike after Britain's biggest steel producer warned that it would bring forward the planned closure of its two blast furnaces at Port Talbot if walkouts went ahead.
Pilbara Minerals to acquire Latin Resources for $369 million
Latin Resources is focused on the Salinas lithium project in Brazil.
Kazakhstan weighs commodity export duties to narrow budget gap
Taxes on sulfur, coal and ferroalloys, along with ores and concentrates of copper and iron, are among those that are expected to yield the most revenue.
Metso signs €200m equipment deal for Barrick’s Reko Diq copper-gold project
The project, jointly owned by Barrick and Pakistan is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world.
