July 8, 2025 Smelter mishap stokes shutdown push at Codelco Some at the Chilean state-owned miner are pushing for a permanent closure at the Potrerillos smelter.
July 7, 2025 Aura Minerals seeks $210 million in US listing The market value of Coconut Grove, Florida-based Aura has more than doubled this year.
July 7, 2025 Chile’s biggest copper windfall in years signals higher output The country that accounts for about a quarter of the world’s mined copper shipped $4.7 billion worth of the metal last month.
July 7, 2025 Dundee receives environmental OK for underground gold project in Ecuador The company said it has already completed an updated feasibility study and plans to release it in due course.
July 7, 2025 China’s mining investment sets new record There were 10 deals worth more than $100 million in 2024, the most since 2013, data from S&P and Mergermarket shows.
July 7, 2025 Royal Gold to acquire Sandstorm, Horizon in $3.7B deal The combined company will have 80 assets, with 87% of revenue from precious metals and gold contributing about 75% alone.
July 7, 2025 CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.
July 6, 2025 South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel mine as it looks to copper and zinc Australian miner sells Colombian operation to refocus on copper and zinc.
July 4, 2025 Newmont to fire at least 10% of staff at Suriname’s Merian mine According to the company, some 1,550 people currently work at the Merian site.
July 4, 2025 Iron ore gets second weekly boost on hopes of supply-side reform Analysts at Citigroup see the signals from China as a likely precursor for so-called supply-side reform 2.0.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
