April 1, 2025 Codelco agrees on $666 million in loans from Japan’s JBIC, commercial bank The loan is intended to help supply Japanese manufacturers with a stable supply of copper concentrates.
March 31, 2025 Vale to receive $1 billion in Alianca Energia JV deal Vale said it would sell 70% of Alianca Energia to Global Infrastructure Partners.
March 31, 2025 First Quantum pulls back from arbitration on Panama copper mine Move opens a door for more negotiations with the nation over the Cobre Panama mine that’s been shuttered for more than a year.
March 31, 2025 Protesters block roads to Glencore’s Antapaccay mine in Peru Residents of nearby towns on Sunday began blocking roads to the mine to protest a major expansion project.
March 31, 2025 Diamond miner Lipari begins trading on Cboe Canada Lipari holds one project in Angola and one producing mine in Brazil.
March 31, 2025 MMG seeks to reassure investors amid Peru ‘illegal’ copper boom The statement follows reports of a large, informal mine being run by local communities on the Sulfobamba area of the Las Bambas concession.
March 31, 2025 Codelco regains title as world’s top copper producer Chile’s state-owned miner produced 1.44 million tonnes of copper last year.
March 31, 2025 Sigma Lithium misses earnings but sales surge The company said it is on track for doubling production capacity to 520,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate, starting in 2026.
March 28, 2025 BNP Paribas warns of copper price ‘collapse’ as tariffs kick in The French bank expects copper prices to drop to $8,500 per tonne by the end of the second quarter.
March 28, 2025 Codelco sending more copper to US after tariff threat The state-owned miner said output totaled 1.328 million metric tons, a touch above the 1.325 million tons it reported for 2023.
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