January 21, 2026 President-elect Kast stuns miners with Chile ministry merge A late cabinet shift rattled investors, reversed a mining appointment and reignited debate over Chile’s investment climate.
January 21, 2026 Rio Tinto copper output rises as merger talks loom Strong iron ore shipments and Oyu Tolgoi’s copper surge steadied results, but analysts question chasing Glencore at cycle highs.
January 20, 2026 Brazilian Nickel, Westwin ink offtake MOU on Piauí project for US market BRN would sell Westwin up to 10,000 tpa of nickel in MHP and circa 240 to 400 tpa of cobalt in MHP extracted from the Piauí project.
January 20, 2026 Bolivia tightens gold buying rules after past irregularities Bolivia’s central bank has resumed purchases of domestically mined gold to bolster foreign reserves.
January 20, 2026 Former BHP executive to be appointed Chile’s mining minister Santiago Montt, who has a doctorate in law from Yale University, will be named to President-Elect José Antonio Kast’s cabinet in a ceremony Tuesday evening.
January 20, 2026 Venezuela aluminum restart could cost up to $2.3B: WoodMac Years of outages and neglect have shut Venezuela’s smelters, but analysts say the country still holds strategic value.
January 20, 2026 Vale’s copper ambition is to produce 1 million tons a year The only miners to exceed that in 2024 were Freeport-McMoRan, BHP, Codelco and Zijin.
January 19, 2026 Viridis targets US, Europe rare earth deals amid China pushback The negotiations include setting a minimum price for output from Viridis’ $360 million Colossus project in Brazil.
January 19, 2026 Lupaka Gold may seize Peru state assets over unpaid $67M arbitration award Lupaka's chairman Gordon Ellis said it has identified Peru’s national petroleum company Petroperu as potential target.
January 19, 2026 Chile delays copper output peak, cuts short-term forecasts Cochilco said Chile's copper output is set to reach 5.86 million metric tons in 2034, after hitting a peak of 6.06 million tons the previous year.
Trump streamlines permitting for deep-sea miners NOAA’s new rules, which take effect immediately, consolidate applications into a single, shorter review period. January 21, 2026 | 10:09 am
