RANKED: World’s 20 biggest gold projects
Gold bugs have been riding a scorching rally in 2025. With a gain of over 50%, gold is one of the best-performing assets year to date, buoyed by strong buying…
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A third of mines don’t meet tailings rules: ICMM
A new report finds 33% of mines around the world operated by two dozen leading companies don’t fully meet industry standards for tailings management. Yet two-thirds of 836 facilities are…
Vale drops plan to build Quebec nickel sulphate facility
Brazilian miner Vale (NYSE: VALE) has scrapped plans to build a C$325 million ($231 million) nickel sulphate facility in Quebec after its sole client put an expansion project on ice….
RANKED: Top 20 biggest copper mines 2025
The copper price hit a new 16 month high in London this week, while BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) is predicting global copper demand to grow by at least a…
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,…
Vale to spend $12.2B in Brazil as Capanema reopens
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has officially reopened the Capanema iron ore mine in Brazil after a 22-year halt as part of a 67-billion real (US$12.2-billion) investment strategy through 2030. The reactivated…
Canada’s Voisey’s Bay, Sudbury expansions boost Vale nickel, copper output
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Canada operations led its second-quarter performance with a 44% rise in nickel output at Voisey’s Bay in Labrador and higher output at its Sudbury operations. Nickel sales…
Exploration at risk in Manitoba’s second fire emergency
Wildfires pushed Manitoba to declare its second state of emergency in six weeks, sidelining exploration activities for at least two companies. Several communities had already declared mandatory evacuations this week….
Ero logs high-grade hits at Brazil gold-copper project
Early-stage drilling at Ero Copper’s (TSX, NYSE: ERO) Furnas copper-gold project in northern Brazil’s Carajás region returned high-grade intercepts that extend known mineralization to a depth of 730 metres. Hole…
Vale gets initial license for Bacaba copper project
Vale (NYSE: VALE) says authorities have granted a preliminary environmental licence for its Bacaba copper project in Brazil. The miner expects to invest about $290 million (C$393 million) during the…
Don’t tariff copper imports, limit exports: US industry
Some key players in the United States copper industry are urging President Donald Trump to forgo import tariffs and instead opt for targeted export restrictions in a bid to revive homegrown production….
Vale Base Metals mulls Manitoba exit
Vale‘s (NYSE: VALE) base metals subsidiary said Thursday it has started a strategic review to consider selling its nickel mining and exploration assets in Manitoba. The review is to…