Ivanhoe sees 2026 Kakula copper output below 2024
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) said copper output next year at its Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo should lag 2024 levels even as efforts to rehabilitate the…
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Norway halts deep sea mining
Norway is hitting pause on deep sea mining after the governing party reached a deal with the opposition to ensure adoption of its latest budget. No deep sea licences will…
Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026
Continuing price volatility in critical minerals and rare earths, executive shakeups and legal feuds over land claims have some major advanced-stage projects facing uncertainty heading into the new year. Canada’s…
Glencore cuts 2026 copper target, plots long-term jump
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) plans to expand annual copper production to about 1.6 million tonnes by 2035 as it seeks to reverse a multi-year slump in output….
Torex finds new high-grade gold zones near Media Luna
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) said new drilling near its Media Luna underground mine in Mexico yielded high-grade zones west of the main deposit. Hole ML25-1088D in the…
BHP’s latest bid for Anglo topped $53B: report
The world’s largest miner offered £34/share (approx. $42.5), a 24% premium to Anglo’s £27.36 close, but it was not enough to succeed.
Barrick eyes IPO of North American gold assets
A North American spinout would offer investors access to the miner’s Nevada operations, Pueblo Viejo, and Fourmile project.
Jansen ‘learnings’ key to limiting costs: BHP executive
BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) wants to use lessons from its maiden foray into potash production to ensure that a subsequent expansion of the facility is completed at or under…
Selkirk Copper’s drilling expands Minto high-grade zone
Selkirk Copper Mines (TSX-V: SCMI) said fresh drilling at the past-producing Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon has expanded a previously identified high-grade mineralized area in the property’s northwest zone….
Ivanhoe Mines fires up Africa’s largest copper smelter
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) recently ignited what it touts as the largest and greenest copper smelter in Africa, with first feed of concentrates by the end of this…
Hot Chili drills one of spiciest copper results at La Verde
Drilling at Hot Chili’s (ASX, TSXV: HCH; US-OTC: HHLKF) La Verde project in Chile returned one of the deepest and most continuously mineralized copper-gold intercepts yet at the site. Shares…
SolGold rejects Jiangxi takeover amid copper frenzy
The copper miner said it was second takeover approach from Jiangxi Copper in less than a week.