December 3, 2025 Codelco and Glencore to jointly advance major copper smelter in Chile Glencore will conduct a pre-feasibility study, aiming to finalize the deal by mid-next year, with construction starting in 2030.
December 3, 2025 Glencore to restart production at Alumbrera copper mine in Argentina Alumbrera, in the northern province of Catamarca, will likely kick off production by the first half of 2028, Glencore said.
December 3, 2025 Agnico Eagle, Ivanhoe Electric and District Metals top MDC November mining stock rankings Driven by data and investor insight, these rankings track market sentiment on which companies execute and gain momentum.
December 3, 2025 China copper smelters, Chile miner in deadlock over fee talks Annual negotiations between the smelters and Antofagasta have not progressed since initial meetings took place last week.
December 3, 2025 Glencore cuts 2026 copper target but sets up for long-term surge CEO Gary Nagle said that Glencore expects its base copper output to top one million tonnes annually by the end of 2028.
December 2, 2025 Trump pressure fuels Latin America’s critical minerals push IDB president Ilan Goldfajn said Latin America aims to refine lithium, copper and other minerals instead of exporting raw materials to Asia.
December 2, 2025 Vale expects iron ore output to rise by up to 3% in 2026 Company forecast its iron ore output to range between 335 million and 345 million metric tons next year.
December 1, 2025 BHP Americas head sees Jansen ‘learnings’ key to limiting costs Jansen is crucial to BHP’s ambitions of building a significant footprint in potash – a new commodity for the mining behemoth.
November 30, 2025 Tianqi keeps door open to international arbitration in SQM fight The company has been arguing that a deal to give Codelco majority ownership in SQM’s prized Atacama lithium should have gone to a shareholder vote.
November 28, 2025 Canada court allows investors to sue Lundin Mining for late disclosure The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday set aside a lower court’s interpretation that narrowly defined “material information."
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