Canada moves to save Glencore’s Quebec copper smelter
THE Canadian and Quebec governments are working to prevent the closure of Canada's only copper smelter after Glencore threatened to shut the facility unless...
Chile clears Codelco-Anglo copper mine venture
CHILE'S antitrust regulator has approved the joint mining plan between state copper producer Codelco and Anglo American at the Andina-Los Bronces project in the...
Rio Tinto eyes Arizona copper mine by mid-2030s
RIO Tinto has moved closer to opening one of the world's largest copper mines in Arizona after winning a protracted legal battle over land...
China copper stocks fall on war-driven price drop
CHINESE copper inventories recorded their largest weekly decline this year as a sharp fall in prices triggered by the Iran war spurred a surge...
KoBold starts development of Zambia copper project
KOBOLD Metals, the mining company backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has begun development of its Mingomba copper project in Zambia,...
Congo export curbs to keep cobalt scarce till 2030
A GLOBAL cobalt shortage is expected to persist through the end of this decade as export restrictions from the Democratic Republic of Congo continue...
Congo approves US firm’s deal for Chemaf
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has indicated it will approve the purchase of copper and cobalt miner Chemaf SA by American company Virtus Minerals...
Guinea weighs bauxite export quotas amid price slide
GUINEA, the world's largest bauxite producer, is considering introducing export quotas for mining companies as early as this month, said Reuters on Tuesday, citing...
Orion raises $2.2bn for critical minerals fund
ORION Resource Partners has closed its fourth mine finance fund at approximately $2.2bn, making it the largest vehicle the specialist mining financier has launched...
South32 to incur $60m cost as Mozal mothballed
SOUTH32 said on Monday it had put its 63.7%-owned, 320,000 ton a year Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique on care and maintenance, effective March...