January 16, 2025

Rio Tinto and Glencore discussed potential merger

A $160 billion Rio Tinto-Glencore combination makes sense in a copper-centric world, but we've been here before.

January 16, 2025

Brazil’s Cosan unloads stake in miner Vale

Cosan has unloaded some 173 million shares it owned in the mining giant.

January 16, 2025

Antofagasta misses 2024 copper target, keeps 2025 guidance

Antofagasta — which operates four copper mines in Chile — maintained its 2025 guidance at 660,000 to 700,000 tonnes.

January 15, 2025

Value of 50 biggest mining companies drops by $126 billion

The world’s biggest miners are now worth $1.35 trillion after losing a combined $126 billion over the course of 2024 as the copper rally faded and gold stocks once again…

January 15, 2025

Peru copper output falls nearly 5% in November on Antamina slide

Copper production is expected to hold steady in 2024 and 2025 at around 2.8 million tons, industry experts say.

January 15, 2025

Chile to lift copper output 6% in next decade, with peak in 2027

The world's No. 1 copper producer said it will boost its output of the red metal to 5.54 million metric tons in 2034.

January 14, 2025

Lithium Ionic grows Baixa Grande resource in Brazil by 32%

The project now has an open-pit constrained measured and indicated resource of 6.5 million tonnes grading 1.1% lithium oxide.

January 14, 2025

Ma’aden to open office in Brazil, invest around $1.3 billion

The investment aligns with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 strategy to diversify its economy.

January 13, 2025

Search underway in Peru for trapped workers at small gold mine

The mine was allegedly attacked by suspected illegal miners, a local mayor said.

January 13, 2025

Mosaic to sell Brazilian phosphate mine in $125 million deal

The US fertilizer company is selling its non-core phosphate mine in Minas Gerais state to Fosfatados Centro.