Antofagasta

As copper smelters, miners and traders gather in Hong Kong for LME Week Asia, sulphuric acid prices are shaping talks over how low copper concentrate processing fees can go. Soaring prices for the... 

Chilean multinational conglomerate Antofagasta has reported a strong quarter of cash cost performance, with net cash costs having been 108c/lb at group-level in the first quarter of the year.... 

As war in the Middle East continues, a prolonged Iran war would squeeze the big-three copper miners' earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) more than consensus... 

Chilean miner Antofagasta posted a 52% jump in annual core profit on Tuesday, as record copper prices offset slightly weaker output, and said its increased capital spending would support production... 

Toronto-headquartered Barrick Mining has delayed the closing of financing for its Reko Diq copper/gold project in Pakistan’s Balochistan province amid rising security concerns. Barrick CFO Graham... 

Antofagasta on Thursday reported a 1.6% fall in 2025 copper production to 653 700 metric tons, missing its guidance, as higher output at key projects was offset by lower ore grades. The miner had... 

Global mining stocks have shot to the top of fund managers’ must-have list, as soaring metals demand and tight supplies of key minerals hint at a new supercycle in the sector. With a nearly 90%... 

Striking contract workers employed by machinery contractor Finning resumed on Saturday a blockade of the access road to Chile's Escondida and Zaldivar copper mines, according to industry sources.... 

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota, giving a boost to Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper, cobalt and nickel... 

The Trump administration and US Congress are launching a plan this week to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota and prevent future administrations from taking... 

Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has appointed Chile-based international mining company Antofagasta CEO Iván Arriagada, as chairperson, effective immediately, for a two-year term.  He... 

Chilean State-owned copper producer Codelco has selected Glencore to advance plans for a new smelter in the Antofagasta region, a move aimed at increasing downstream capacity and capturing more... 

Chile’s Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), the transport division of Antofagasta, has launched Latin America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The unveiling coincides with FCAB’s... 

Europe's biggest copper smelter Aurubis is comfortable rejecting lowball offers for copper concentrate, an executive said on Wednesday, as tense negotiations over annual contracts for the feedstock... 

Chinese copper smelters are likely to be forced to accept record low processing fees for next year's term contracts as negotiations over ore supply begin amid a backdrop of tight supply and growing... 

Chilean miner Antofagasta reported on Thursday a modest 1% rise in third-quarter copper production, and said it expects annual output at the lower end of its forecast range of 660 000 to 700 000...