Rio says Trump tariffs added $300 million in aluminum costs
The miner is Canada’s largest aluminum producer and sells the vast bulk of the metal in the US.
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Zimbabwe aims to break ground for $270 million new lithium plant this year
Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of the concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in Q3 of this year.
BHP says Australian green iron too costly despite joint China deal
Fortescue is set to produce green iron from a pilot plant this year.
Antofagasta’s copper production up 11% in strong first half
The Chilean miner, the largest copper producer after Codelco, generated 314,900 tonnes of copper in H1 2025, up from 284,700 in H1 2024.
Indigenous groups ask Chile court to pause community review of Codelco-SQM lithium deal
The process is one of the final conditions for a deal to go into effect in which state-run Codelco will take a majority stake in SQM's lithium mining operations.
Rio Tinto Q2 iron ore output rises as Trott gets set to take helm
The miner shipped 79.9 million tonnes of iron ore from its Pilbara operations, a 13% rise from the previous quarter.
Tudor Gold takes Seabridge’s tunnel project in British Columbia to court
Tudor argues that the commissioner’s Licence of Occupation for the MTT creates a competing mineral claim, threatening Tudor's rights on the Treaty Creek property.
World’s top cable maker sees US copper tariff as opportunity
Italy’s Prysmian, which last year shelled out $4 billion-plus to buy Texas-based Encore Wire, is in regular contact with the administration ahead of the measure’s implementation on Aug. 1.
Trump’s 50% copper tariffs jolt US market as buyers slash imports and delay orders
Now that the 50% levy is just weeks away, there are already signs that demand for the metal is drying up from Texas to New Jersey.
