Antofagasta’s first half copper output up 11%
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) reported on Wednesday an almost 11% increase in copper production for the first half of 2025, driven by stronger output from its Los Pelambres and…
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Rio picks iron ore boss Trott as new CEO
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) has chosen Simon Trott, head of the company’s iron ore unit, as its new CEO, selecting a 20-year company veteran to steer the mining giant…
Critical Metals soars on Greenland REE drilling
Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) has launched a 2,000-metre drilling program aimed at expanding the resource at its Tanbreez rare earth project in Greenland ahead of a feasibility study. Its shares…
Gold price outlook strong amid unknowns: council
Gold remains a top-performing asset heading into the second half of 2025, with prices up 26% year-to-date, according to the World Gold Council’s mid-year outlook. The surge is driven by…
MP Materials soars on $500M from Apple
Pentagon-backed MP Materials (NYSE: MP), the United States’ only producer of rare earth elements, has struck a $500-million deal with tech giant Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) to secure domestic supplies for…
Gladiator cuts 1.1% copper from surface in Yukon
Gladiator Metals (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) says it intersected shallow copper at the Best Chance prospect on a 35-km long company property in the Yukon. Hole ACG-009 cut about 77 metres grading…
Site visit: Blue Lagoon reopens Dome Mountain
Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) reopened the Dome Mountain mine in British Columbia this month, more than 30 years after the last major exploration activity at the gold-silver property. Located…
Brazilians slash Jaguar tailings fine
Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) says it has negotiated down a fine from Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to about a fifth of the amount issued for a tailings rupture at the…
Collective encounters high-grade gold in Colombia
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) expanded the mineralized area at Colombia’s Guayabales project as it released assay results from six new drill holes. The stock jumped. Hole APC-122…
BHP to explore Chinese battery partnerships
BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) has signed preliminary agreements with two of China’s leading battery makers to evaluate the use of electric vehicles across its global mining operations. The partnerships…
Paramount Gold’s Grassy Mountain gets permit boost
Paramount Gold Nevada (NYSE-AM: PZG) has secured fast-tracked permitting for its Grassy Mountain gold project in Oregon under state and federal processes. After recent administrative changes to the National Environmental…
MP Materials lands $400M Pentagon deal
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has entered a major public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to build a domestic supply chain for rare earth magnets, reducing America’s reliance…