June 17, 2025

Vale Base Metals head says unit aims to be IPO-ready by 2027

Selling shares in base metals division would help finance an ambitious plan to spend as much as $30 billion to boost production capacity.

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.