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Glencore's Antapaccay mine
Glencore secures land access agreement for Coroccohuayco expansion project in Peru
Updated 5 minutes ago 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
Updated 6 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... 


Cleveland-Cliffs operation
Cleveland-Cliffs shares jump on raising 2027 outlook, first quarterly profit in 2 years
Updated 19 minutes ago By: Reuters

US steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs raised its 2027 core profit forecast on Monday, after stronger prices and lower costs helped it post its first quarterly profit in more than two years. Shares of... 


Anglo's Quellaveco mine
Anglo sticks to copper forecast after snow in Chile hits quarter
Updated 24 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... 


BHP's Carrapateena copper mine
BHP misses quarterly copper output estimates on Chile mine disruptions
Updated 29 minutes ago 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
Updated 34 minutes ago 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... 


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... 


Thompson Operations nickel concentrator
Exiro takes over one of Canada's most productive nickel complexes
19th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ontario-based Exiro Nickel Company last week closed the acquisition of Vale Base Metals' Thompson Operations, marking a new era for one of Canada's most storied mining operations and for the... 


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... 


Peabody's NARM mine
Peabody evacuates workers at Wyoming mine after MSHA danger order
19th October 2026 By: Reuters

Peabody Energy's Powder River Mining unit said no miners were injured after workers were evacuated from part of its North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming following an MSHA imminent danger order.... 


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... 


Cleveland-Cliffs steelmaking
Canadian steelmakers offset some US tariff pain with domestic demand
16th October 2026 By: Reuters

Canada's steel industry, among the sectors hit first and hardest by US President Donald Trump's tariffs, is starting to turn a corner thanks to an uptick in mining, energy and AI data center... 


Vale CEO Gustavo Pimenta
Vale says high costs making 10% of iron-ore market lose money
16th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

The head of top iron-ore producer Vale estimates that a surge in energy and freight costs triggered by conflict in the Middle East is making about 10% of supply in the global seaborne market... 


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... 


Porto do Meio concept image
Cedro garners enviro approval for Brazil's newest iron-ore export terminal
16th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining and logistics investor Cedro Participações has garnered State Environmental Control Commission approval for the development of its Porto do Meio iron-ore terminal at the Port of Itaguaí, in... 


John Melkon
Canada's Meta Critical Minerals secures military expert Melkon as strategic adviser
16th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian silica, zircon, titanium, scandium, vanadium and rare earths developer Meta Critical Minerals has appointed John Melkon to its strategic advisory board effective immediately. Melkon is a... 


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... 


Raglan mine
Glencore Canada VP awarded for sustainability achievements at Raglan mine
16th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian nickel, copper, zinc, cobalt and platinum group metals producer Glencore Canada has confirmed its VP Jean-François Verret received a Canada's Clean50 Award in the primary resources... 


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... 


Spence mine
BHP sues union at Spence copper mine over 'illegal' stoppages
16th October 2026 By: Reuters

Global miner BHP has sued the workers' union at its Spence copper mine in Chile over two work stoppages it deemed "illegal" because they occurred outside a scheduled negotiating period, a court... 


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... 


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.... 


Amaero specialty metal powder
Metal power producer Amaero announces $20m IPO on Nasdaq
15th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

US-based, ASX-listed producer of high-value refractory and titanium alloy spherical metal powders Amaero has announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq. The company is... 


Lac Knife project area
Focus Graphite tasks firm to fully engineer vital access road corridor for Lac Knife
15th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Focus Graphite has tasked Construction & Expertise PG to undertake geotechnical investigations and detailed engineering on a proposed all-season access road to its flagship Lac Kife... 


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... 


Escondida mine
BHP, Escondida supervisors reach deal to avert strike at Chile copper mine
15th October 2026 By: Reuters

BHP and the supervisors' union at its Escondida mine in Chile have struck a deal over improved compensation and benefits, avoiding a strike at the world's largest copper mine, both parties said on... 


Alaska LNG plant
Taiwan cites progress on Alaska LNG after Trump says it will buy 30% of output
15th October 2026 By: Reuters

Taiwan said on Wednesday it was making progress in talks to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Alaska LNG and would invest $4.4-billion in the project after US President Donald Trump told a rally... 


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