June 17, 2025 Chevron joins oil majors in US lithium production push It has secured about 125,000 net acres in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas.
June 17, 2025 Ecuador reopens mining registry after seven-year freeze The registry had been closed since January 2018 amid concerns about irregularities in the concession system.
June 16, 2025 Vale obtains preliminary license for Bacaba copper project in Brazil The miner expects to invest about $290M during the project’s implementation phase.
June 14, 2025 Ecuador expected to delay fee on mining, industry says Country will delay the implementation of a new mining fee estimated to generate $229 million annually.
June 13, 2025 Codelco to focus on public-private partnerships to boost finances and production, CFO says Another goal is to build joint infrastructure, facilitate access to new technology, or minimize environmental impacts, CFO Alejandro Sanhueza said.
June 13, 2025 Condor-Teck copper project in Peru receives environmental approval Condor's geologists have compared the mineralization at the Cobreorco project to that at Las Bambas.
June 12, 2025 Copper clash shows cracks in decades-old pricing system Teck Resources and Sumitomo are locked in a commercial dispute over a major copper supply deal.
June 12, 2025 Infographic: Who controls the rare earths shaping the future? This graphic breaks down global extraction at the mine level.
June 11, 2025 Rare earth startups eye slice of $1 billion bounty from Brazil State-owned entities have spent weeks sifting through 124 pitches for initiatives totaling $15 billion, including many by firms seeking to churn out rare earths.
June 11, 2025 From boom to bust: battery metal prices tumble as supply floods market Despite rising EV sales, the market fundamentals for lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite and recycled materials worsen.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
