Goldman Sachs has cut its global copper mine-supply forecast by 350,000 tonnes, citing slower-than-expected recoveries at Freeport-McMoRan’s (NYSE: FCX) Grasberg mine in Indonesia and Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF)…
Soaring fuel and chemicals prices triggered by the war in the Middle East are pushing global miners to dig deep for creative solutions. Take the case of Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2), which…
The Iran war around the Strait of Hormuz is starting to hit miners far from the Persian Gulf, Wood Mackenzie warned on Wednesday. The conflict is choking sulphur shipments that…
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) is using new rhodium assays and a defined chromium inventory to press the Stillwater West multi-metal project in Montana as an important future…
The global copper market enjoyed one of its best years in 2025. The threat of United States tariffs on the industrial metal and its elevated status as a critical mineral,…
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has outlined the La Granja project it holds with Rio Tinto (ASX. LSE, NYSE: RIO) in Peru as one of the copper sector’s largest undeveloped…
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says it has achieved three milestones in the stage two expansion of its Platreef mine in South Africa, placing it on track for a…
Flooding in Angola has halted rail traffic along the Lobito Corridor, disrupting a key export route for copper and cobalt from Central Africa and raising the prospect of supply bottlenecks…
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) founder and co-chairman Robert Friedland is warning that a prolonged closure Strait of Hormuz would have a “profound” effect on global supply chains, hobbling copper producers…
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has slashed near-term production guidance for its flagship Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo, surprising analysts and resetting investor expectations. The company now…
A new study for the Vicuña joint venture between BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) and Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) that straddles the Argentina-Chile border positions the 70-year copper-gold-silver project in the…
South Africa has begun deploying its critical minerals strategy and overhauling key regulations as part of a push to revive exploration, expand downstream beneficiation and fix infrastructure bottlenecks, ministers said…
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