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Bezant enters £4m financing facility to support ongoing operations
Bezant enters £4m financing facility to support ongoing operations
Updated 7 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Bezant Resources has entered into an agreement with US-based YA II PN, an institutional investor managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, for a £4-million gross financing facility, which is... 


Copper cathode
Halo granted mining permit for copper tailings processing in Chile
23rd October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed copper recovery company Halo Minerals and its subsidiary Minera Playa Verde have been granted a key mining permit for the Playa Verde copper and gold tailings processing project in... 


Valterra processing.
Iridium, ruthenium continue to outperform, Valterra Platinum reports
23rd October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Minor platinum group metals (PGMs), particularly iridium and ruthenium, are continuing to outperform, supported by robust demand from emerging technology applications, Valterra Platinum reported on... 


Grupo Mexico underground mining
Grupo Mexico to press ahead with major US copper projects after output dip
23rd October 2026 By: Reuters

Grupo Mexico said on Thursday it will push ahead with major investments at its US mining unit Asarco, expanding the Ray and Silver Bell mines in Arizona and aiming to restart the Hayden smelter and... 


Highland Valley copper mine
Teck receives strike notice at Highland Valley Copper operation
22nd October 2026 By: Reuters

Canadian miner Teck Resources said on Wednesday it received strike notice from United Steelworkers Local 7619 at its Highland Valley Copper operations in British Columbia. The notice entitles the... 


Marc Cameron, who will be joining Weir as Minerals Division President.
Marc Cameron to join Weir as minerals division president
21st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Marc Cameron will join Weir as president of the minerals division on October 26 and become a member of the group executive. In a media release to Mining Weekly on Wednesday, October 21, Weir plc... 


The Kansanshi mine
First Quantum's expanded Zambia copper mine on track to exceed processing target
21st October 2026 By: Reuters

First Quantum Minerals' expanded Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia is on track to process about 27-million metric tons of ore in 2026, exceeding its design capacity by 8% and supporting a stronger... 


Uis tin mine
Namibia tin producer’s gross profit up fourfold on 80% revenue surge
21st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Namibia tin producer Andrada Mining on Wednesday, October 21, reported a quadrupled-plus gross profit and an 80% revenue surge. Supporting this high performance in the six months ended August 31... 


Chuquicamata copper mine
Chile regulator to deliver audit of Codelco's copper output within 2 months
21st October 2026 By: Reuters

Chile's comptroller general's office said on Tuesday it expects to deliver an audit of Codelco's 2025 production data within two months, after the State-owned miner revealed it was investigating... 


The Prieska mine
Orion Minerals appoints interim CFO as Van Coller steps down
21st October 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals, which is developing the Prieska copper/zinc mine and the Okiep copper project in South Africa's Northern Cape province, has appointed Stephen Rowse interim CFO,... 


Grupo Mexico's Buenavista del Cobre mine
Mining giant Grupo Mexico reports higher profit on price boost, trims copper guidance
21st October 2026 By: Reuters

Mining and transportation conglomerate Grupo Mexico said higher metal prices helped its third-quarter net profit rise by more than half from a year earlier, even as copper production slightly... 


Hudbay employee with copper ore
Mitsubishi Corp approves Arizona copper mining project, lifts investment
21st October 2026 By: Reuters

Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation approved the construction of a copper mining project in Arizona, jointly with Canada's Hudbay Minerals, the company said on Wednesday. Mitsubishi will make an... 


Molten copper
Sulphuric acid prices due to extend decline in 2027, CRU says
20th October 2026 By: Reuters

Prices of sulphuric acid used to process metals such as copper and nickel are expected to extend their decline next year, consultancy CRU said on Tuesday. Sulphuric acid delivered to top copper... 


Anglo's Quellaveco copper mine in Peru.
Anglo copper production down 5%, iron-ore down 4%, diamonds down 11%
20th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining company Anglo American on Tuesday, October 20, reported 5% lower copper production, 4% lower iron-ore production, and 11% lower diamond production for the three months to... 


Osisko Metals' Gaspé copper project
Evolve increases exposure to copper through seven new royalty assets in Canada
20th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Vancouver-based Evolve Royalties has entered into binding agreements with certain private royalty holders pursuant to which Evolve will acquire a portfolio of five royalties and two rights to be... 


Glencore's Antapaccay mine
Glencore secures land access agreement for Coroccohuayco expansion project in Peru
20th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Diversified miner Glencore's Peruvian subsidiary Antapaccay has completed the access agreements required for the last blocks of land to unlock the brownfield Coroccohuayco copper project in... 


Trucks transporting ore in a copper mine
Copper mines need $332bn new investment to ease shortfall
20th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

Copper mines need about $332-billion of new investment to avert a future supply shock, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates. Without significant capital outlays, the copper market... 


BHP's Carrapateena copper mine
BHP misses quarterly copper output estimates on Chile mine disruptions
20th October 2026 By: Reuters

BHP Group on Tuesday reported a steep fall in copper production in the first quarter as bad weather and a fatal accident forced temporary halts at its flagship Escondida mine in Chile. Operations... 


Chilean copper mine
China resumes sulphuric acid exports to copper king Chile after three-month halt
20th October 2026 By: Reuters

China resumed sulphuric acid exports to Chile in September after a three-month halt, with shipments to the world's largest copper producer accounting for nearly all of the month's exports, customs... 


South Africa's large Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay.
South African aluminium assets' sale to Alcoa on track, South32 reports
19th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The sale of South Africa’s aluminium value chain assets to Alcoa Corporation of the US remains on track for completion in the June 2027 half-year, Johannesburg-, Sydney- and London-listed South32... 


Orion mine site.
$40m for Prieska Copper Zinc Mine development in South Africa’s Northern Cape
19th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The first copper and zinc production from Uppers at the reviving Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is targeted for the end of next year, Orion Minerals reported... 


Endolith pilot-scale copper microbes testing
Startups are extracting more copper using microbes
19th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

The world has a copper problem. The average ore quality is plummeting, more resources are being plowed into obtaining the same amount of metal and new mines take years to open because of the cost... 


Fortescue's arsenic removal technology
Fortescue demonstrates effectiveness of world's first arsenic removal tech for copper
19th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Iron-ore major Fortescue has sold more than 40 t of copper concentrate cleaned using its new world-first arsenic removal technology, creating a solution for a complex problem facing the global... 


Centinela copper mine
Antofagasta's Centinela strike ends after deal with unions
19th October 2026 By: Reuters

Workers from two unions at Chile's Centinela copper mine have ratified an agreement reached with Antofagasta Minerals on a new collective bargaining contract, ending a strike of more than a week,... 


Sierra Gorda mine
Australia's South32's first-quarter copper output rise, slightly misses estimates
19th October 2026 By: Reuters

Diversified miner South32 on Monday posted a 2% rise in first-quarter copper production helped by mining ore with a higher copper content as it had planned,but the output was slightly below market... 


Safford copper mine
Freeport bets on chemical solution to reach copper leaching target
19th October 2026 By: Reuters

Freeport-McMoRan is betting a new chemical compound can help it reach an ambitious target of extracting 800-million pounds of copper from waste rock each year and expand production beyond... 


Chipokota Mwanawasa
Trafigura appoints new Zambian executive director
16th October 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Commodities trader Trafigura has announced the appointment of Chipokota Mwanawasa as executive director in Zambia. In her new role, Mwanawasa will coordinate Trafigura’s activities in Zambia across... 


Mine excavator machinery linked up
Austrian investor rushes to boost copper production at old Chile mine
16th October 2026 By: Reuters

A US company founded in 2025 by an Austrian investor is working to boost production at the Chilean mining complex Tres Valles to profit from a looming global shortage of copper, Reuters has... 


An image of copper
Copper Mark transitions to Veramark Assurance
16th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Assurance system The Copper Mark has announced a name change to ‘Veramark Assurance’ and introduced its new board structure. This marks a major milestone in the organisation's journey to support... 


Rietberg copper mine
Copper 360 intersects mineralisation early at Rietberg
16th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Copper 360 advises that the incline at the Rietberg underground mine, in the Northern Cape, has intersected copper sulphide mineralisation about 16 m before reaching the planned 300... 


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