Makor enters Zambia with $30M copper plan
Makor Resources has become the latest entrant in Zambia’s copper mining sector, outlining plans to invest as much as US$30 million ($42 million) to advance a pipeline of district-scale projects….
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Sponsored Video: Gunnison targets US copper gap with Arizona mine
Gunisson Copper Senior Vice-President & CFO Craig Hallworth speaks with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murgan early this month at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in…
Prolonged Iran war would hammer top copper miners
A prolonged Iran conflict could push copper into surplus and sharply cut earnings for major producers, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Oil above $150 a barrel in a drawn-out war that…
Atco backs Nunavut road project with $10M investment
Utilities and infrastructure company Atco (TSX: ACO.X) is investing $10 million (US$7.2 million) for a 40% stake in Inuit-backed West Kitikmeot Resources (WKR), which is developing a project that would…
Fitzroy finds wide copper in Chile’s Punta del Cobre belt
Fitzroy Minerals (TSXV: FTZ; US-OTC: FTZFF) says drilling at its Buen Retiro project in northern Chile is revealing a major copper system as the company prepares to release an initial resource….
NGEx hits 6.8% copper at Argentina’s Lunahuasi
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) reported new high-grade drill results from its Lunahuasi copper-gold-silver project in Argentina that bode well for a first resource. The stock soared. Hole DPDH059…
Coeur lifts 2026 production after closing New Gold deal
Coeur Mining (TSX: CDE) raised its 2026 production outlook after closing its acquisition of New Gold, adding two Canadian mines and significantly boosting expected output. The company now expects to produce…
China spent $120B to lock down critical minerals overseas: report
China has invested more than $120 billion in overseas mining and upstream processing since 2023, accelerating a state-backed push to secure the raw materials underpinning the global energy transition, says…
Sponsored: Dundee Sustainable Technologies offers cyanide-free alternative as processing pressures mount
Gold miners are facing mounting pressure to improve recoveries and reduce processing risk, yet many still rely on methods that can take days to extract metal and leave contaminants in…
Tudor drops one wrangle over BC’s biggest gold project, but other hurdles remain for Seabridge’s KSM
Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) has abandoned its appeal of a British Columbia regulator’s ruling, removing one legal challenge to Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) KSM project in the Golden…
Opinion: Copper rally masks smelting power shift
Copper has rarely looked stronger. Prices are hovering near record levels, buoyed by electrification, artificial intelligence-driven demand expectations and a constrained pipeline of new mine supply. For producers and financial…
BHP starts $5B upgrade at world’s largest copper mine
BHP (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) has kicked off the environmental permitting process for a new concentrator at its giant Escondida copper mine in Chile, a project valued around $5 billion…