Over 25% of copper supply facing ESG hurdles: study
About 6.4 million tonnes of copper production capacity, equal to more than one-quarter of global mine output, are stalled or suspended due to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), a new…
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Rio Tinto, Japanese firms pour $733M into Pilbara mine
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and its Japanese joint-venture partners will invest $733 million to extend the life of the West Angelas iron ore hub in Western Australia’s Pilbara region by…
Fatal accident forces WCS to halt iron site at Simandou
Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS), the company that’s developing Blocks 1 and 2 of the massive Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, has halted operations after a fatal accident killed three…
Q2 Metals soars on set of best lithium assays at Cisco
Q2 Metals’ (TSXV: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) shares surged Monday to their highest level in more than six months on lithium drill results that are among the strongest ever reported from the…
Zijin becomes world’s No. 3 miner on $100B valuation
China’s Zijin Mining Group (HKG: 2899) has climbed past the $100 billion threshold in market capitalization for the first time, propelling it into the No. 3 spot globally, overtaking Glencore…
JV Article: Fortune Bay reactivates gold assets in Saskatchewan, Mexico
Fortune Bay (TSXV: FOR; US-OTC: FTBYF) has quietly built a pipeline of gold and uranium assets, waiting for the next commodities upswing. An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its…
Anglo-Teck deal seen spurring rival bids: analysts
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed acquisition of Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) could end up putting both companies in play as rival miners scramble to find large-scale copper assets,…
Infographic: Why most US copper is from the Southwest
Copper mining in the four southwestern states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah produces almost all of the United States’ red metal output. In 2024, almost two-thirds of the total…
Lithium price may ease again as China mine restarts
Chinese battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is expected to resume production at its lithium mine in Yichun of Jiangxi province, in a move that could alleviate supply concerns and…
Site visit: Gunnison taps Nuton tech as America’s newest copper producer
COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. — Gunnison Copper’s (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) namesake deposit and Johnson Camp Mine sit at two intersections, literal and metaphorical. Nestled among rocky, rolling hills dotted with…
Rio to buy carbon credits with Caisse backing
Canada’s second-largest pension fund and Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corp. (CEFC) are investing in a carbon credits platform helping Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) cut its emissions footprint. La…
Arizona Sonoran stock soars on royalty trim, support
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) is pressing its Cactus copper project in Arizona toward an updated resource and prefeasibility study (PFS) by year-end while cutting project royalties and…