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Trucks transporting ore in a copper mine
Copper mines need $332bn new investment to ease shortfall
Updated 5 minutes ago 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... 


Anglo's Quellaveco mine
Anglo sticks to copper forecast after snow in Chile hits quarter
Updated 23 minutes ago By: Reuters

Anglo American reported a 5% fall in third-quarter copper production on Tuesday after record snowfall in Chile, but maintained its 2026 forecast for the metal and raised its diamond production... 


An image of AVEVA MMM Global Industry principal Glenn Kerkhoff
AVEVA underscores importance of digitalisation in African mining operations
19th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Global industrial software company AVEVA is seeing “significant interest” in digitalisation across Africa, especially where it addresses immediate operating challenges, and the company has... 


Zinc
ILZSG sees global zinc, lead markets in surplus in 2027
19th October 2026 By: Reuters

The global refined zinc market is expected to swing to a surplus of 25 000 metric tons in 2027 from a deficit of 88 000 tons this year, while the refined lead market surplus will widen to 163 000... 


Tungsten ore
CME to launch tungsten futures to meet rising demand for critical minerals
19th October 2026 By: Reuters

Chicago-headquartered CME Group on Monday said it will launch tungsten futures to meet rising demand for its metals complex, which registered record volume this year. The contracts are expected to... 


Yellow Cake nonexecutive director Wendy Walker
Yellow Cake appoints capital markets expert as nonexec director
19th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed uranium buyer and holder Yellow Cake has appointed Wendy Walker nonexecutive director effective October 16, succeeding Zoe Rizzuto. She has worked as a senior client director as... 


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... 


Cobalt metal rounds
Australia's Cobalt Blue secures early offtake agreement with Swiss metals trader
19th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Cobalt Blue Holdings has signed a term sheet for the sale of standard-grade cobalt metal rounds to Swiss metals trader STG Metals. The material will be produced at Cobalt Blue's... 


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,... 


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 the Tiris uranium project
BFS for Aura’s Tiris uranium project estimates robust returns
16th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and ASX-listed Aura Energy says the results of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) confirm the Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania, as a technically simple, long-life uranium mine that... 


QAMT subsurface technology
Canadian subsurface imaging expert Dias launches two new powerful exploration aides
16th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian advanced subsurface imaging company Dias Geophysical has commercialised two new technologies called DSTX (Deep Search Transmitter) and QAMT (Quantum Airborne MagnetoTellurics), which... 


Alcoa's Deschambault smelter in Québec
Alcoa posts net income, free cashflow gains in Q3
16th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

NYSE- and ASX-listed bauxite, alumina and aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 apiece for the third quarter of the year, which marked a period of... 


Crude oil
IEA to speed up oil stocks release including over 20m barrels of diesel
16th October 2026 By: Reuters

The International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed on Thursday to release over 20-million barrels of diesel to the market and any oil remaining from a record emergency reserves release pledged in March... 


World Bank President Ajay Banga
World Bank's Banga sets goal of quintupling critical minerals financing in five years
16th October 2026 By: Reuters

World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday said the development lender has set a goal of quintupling its critical minerals business in five years, and has identified 20 countries that it can partner... 


Heritage Minerals' Mount Morgan gold tailings reprocessing site
Trader Mercuria backs mine tailings, rehabilitation project in Australia
15th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Switzerland-headquartered commodity trader Mercuria Group has signed a prepayment and offtake agreement with Australian miner Heritage Minerals to support a restart of the Mount Morgan gold... 


Richemont chairperson Johann Rupert
Luxury giant Richemont and Signet in talks to join bidder for De Beers
15th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

Luxury giant Richemont and US retailer Signet Jewelers are in talks to join a consortium that’s in prime position to buy diamond miner De Beers, according to five people familiar with the matter.... 


EnergyPathways CEO Ben Clube
UK-based EnergyPathways works to commercialise hydrogen, graphite project early
15th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed UK energy transition company EnergyPathways is fast-tracking development of its low-carbon hydrogen and graphite production facility at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, with the aim of... 


rare earths drill core
Greenland-focused miners welcome Trump's plans for major mineral exploration
15th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed AuKing Mining and Nasdaq-listed Greenland Mines have both welcomed the strong commitment shown by the US government to advance critical mineral projects in Greenland. AuKing explains... 


Antofagasta's Los Pelambres mine
Antofagasta third-quarter copper output rises 7%, backs 2026 forecast
15th October 2026 By: Reuters

Chilean miner Antofagasta on Thursday reported a 7% rise in third-quarter copper production and maintained its annual guidance, as stronger output in the final months of 2026 is expected to offset... 


Copper wire
ICSG sees global refined copper surplus widening in 2027
15th October 2026 By: Reuters

The International Copper Study Group forecast on Wednesday that the global refined copper market would remain in surplus through 2027, with it widening from about 104 000 metric tons in 2026 to 368... 


Iron-ore in truck
Iron-ore slips to two-year low on concerns over weak demand, hiking supply
15th October 2026 By: Reuters

Iron-ore prices slipped for a third straight session on Thursday to their lowest level in more than two years, weighed down by persistent concerns over weak demand in top consumer China and... 


Mt Lyell copper mine
Copper squeeze breathes new life into old mines
15th October 2026 By: Reuters

In 1899, the Mt Lyell mine in Tasmania produced some 9 500 metric tons of copper. That made it the largest copper mine in the British Empire, though small by today's standards. In September,... 


Newly appointed ICMM president and CEO Froydis Cameron-Johansson
Froydis Cameron-Johansson to succeed Rohitesh Dhawan as ICMM CEO
14th October 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has appointed Froydis Cameron-Johansson to succeed Rohitesh Dhawan as president and CEO. The group says Cameron-Johansson brings a wealth of global... 


Molten copper
ICSG sees global refined copper surplus widening in 2027
14th October 2026 By: Reuters

The International Copper Study Group forecast on Wednesday that the global refined copper market would remain in surplus through 2027, with it widening from about 104 000 metric tons in 2026 to 368... 


An image of a gold pour
Lexington secures renewals for two prospecting rights
14th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The South African Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has granted the renewal applications for two significant prospecting rights forming part of Aim-listed Lexington Gold’s... 


Cygnus’ Chibougamau copper/gold project
Cygnus shares to stop trading imminently on TSX-V and ASX as Central Asia merger concludes
14th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V and ASX-listed Cygnus Metals has garnered regulatory approval in Kazakhstan for its proposed merger with Aim-listed Central Asia Metals. Cygnus, which is being acquired by Central Asia in an... 


An image of Thor Explorations CEO and president Segun Lawson
Thor Explorations lowers full-year guidance on heavy rainfall in Nigeria
14th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-listed Thor Explorations reported a solid third quarter despite the challenging operating conditions experienced at the Segilola gold mine, in Nigeria, as a result of exceptionally... 


Iron-ore pellets
Ferrexpo's quarterly output falls on production halt, export constraints
14th October 2026 By: Reuters

Iron-ore pellet producer Ferrexpo reported a 19% sequential drop in third-quarter output on Wednesday, pressured by a production halt and constrained export capacity as access to Ukrainian ports... 


Electra Battery Materials CEO Trent Mell
Critical minerals producer Electra Battery Materials inks commercial partnership with trader WMC
14th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V- and Nasdaq-listed Electra Battery Materials Corporation has signed a term sheet with global commodities trader WMC Group for a five-year working capital and commercial partnership to support... 


Coal on conveyor belt
Europe's battery boom has a dirty secret, says public policy expert
14th October 2026 By: Reuters

Europe's battery boom is proving that storage can help lower peak power prices. But unless government policy changes, battery systems may simply profit from fossil-fuel use instead of helping to... 


BHP's South Flank mine
BHP cuts 300 workers at Australian iron-ore mines as costs rise
14th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

Diversified miner BHP Group will make 300 workers redundant at its iron-ore operations in Western Australia as it grapples with a fall in prices of the steelmaking ingredient and higher shipping... 


Navitas oil exploration in Falkland Islands
Argentina seeks tribunal order against UK oil activity near Falklands
14th October 2026 By: Reuters

Argentina's government said on Tuesday it had filed a request for provisional measures with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea seeking to halt British-authorized hydrocarbon activity... 


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