Pope Leo XIV urges ethical mining in Vatican talks
Pope Leo XIV met senior mining and energy executives at the Vatican on Saturday to press for more ethical approaches to resource extraction, signalling a shift in tone between the…
Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Atlantic pivots to US IPO after rail deal win
Ivanhoe Atlantic is weighing an initial public offering in the United States later this year after securing long-awaited approval to use a key rail corridor to export iron ore from…
Ivanhoe starts copper smelter output in Congo
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has officially begun copper anode production at Kamoa-Kakula’s state-of-the-art, direct-to-blister smelter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First production occurred on Dec. 29,…
Copper tightness, tariffs set up volatile 2026
Analysts warn structural deficits may start in 2026 as copper hits records, demand accelerates and supply struggles to keep up.
U.S. lawmaker questions Ivanhoe Atlantic’s China ties
A senior American politician is pressing the State Department over what he calls troubling links between Ivanhoe Atlantic and Chinese state interests. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco…
DRC rail line may get $1B from U.S. finance agency
The United States may offer as much as $1 billion to revamp a rail line in central Africa that could help facilitate critical minerals shipments from the Democratic Republic of…
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…
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…
Ivanhoe, Qatar to team up on critical metals in Africa
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund to further advance the company’s exploration efforts in Africa. Shares rose. The MoU,…
Friedland opens $2B Platreef mine in South Africa
Billionaire Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has cut the ribbon on its long-awaited Platreef platinum mine, with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa presiding as Johannesburg hosts G20…
Ivanhoe profit shrinks on copper mine disruption
Shares in Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) fell on Thursday after disruptions at its flagship copper mine knocked third-quarter results. For the three months to Sept. 30, the Vancouver-based…
Codelco fast-tracks automation after deadly collapse
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco is to fast-track automation at its El Teniente mine after a deadly collapse killed six workers, in what became Chile’s worst mining accident in decades….