Copper M&A: SolGold weighs higher $1.1B Jiangxi bid
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LSE: SOLG) has opened the door to a takeover from China’s Jiangxi Copper (JCC), which returned with a higher all-cash proposal valuing the company at about £842…
South America
Chile’s weekend runoff puts copper future at stake
On Dec. 14, Chileans go to the polls to elect a new president who will govern until 2030 and shape the country’s most important economic engine: mining. Voters face a…
Innovation slump drags mining productivity down: report
Mining productivity has fallen for more than a decade and has improved only 1% a year since 2018, a trend McKinsey & Company warns could threaten the sector’s ability to…
Collective finds new gold zone in Colombia
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) said new drilling at its Guayabales project in Colombia has significantly expanded the size of the deposit’s Apollo system. The stock rose. Hole APC-143D cut 130…
Argentina province OKs $559M copper mine
Argentina’s Mendoza province has approved its first large-scale mining project in more than two decades after giving the greenlight to PSJ Cobre Mendocino, a joint venture between Switzerland’s Zonda Metals…
Lundin Gold sees higher costs, stable output in Ecuador
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: LUGDF) said output at its Fruta del Norte gold mine in southeast Ecuador should remain flat over the next three years while unit costs climb…
Rio2 expands with $241M deal for Peru copper mine
Rio2 (TSX: RIO), a gold developer advancing one of the largest undeveloped oxide gold projects in the Americas, is expanding to diversified producer via a $241-million deal for copper mine…
JV video: AbraSilver eyes 2026 build in Argentina
Argentina’s new Large Investment Incentive Regime could clear the path to a construction decision at AbraSilver Resource’s (TSX: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) Diablillos project next year, CEO John Miniotis says. Investment…
Drilling shows new zone at Omai Gold’s Guyana project
Recent high-grade drill results at Omai Gold Mines’ (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) namesake project in Guyana point to the potential for expanding the Wenot target east beyond the historical pit…
Anglo scraps exec bonus vote as Teck merger looms
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has dropped a proposal to change executive bonus awards from the agenda of tomorrow’s shareholder vote on its merger with Canada’s Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)…
Aura Minerals lifts gold growth outlook by a third
Aura Minerals (Nasdaq: AUGO) has raised its future production outlook by a third after releasing a new feasibility study for its Era Dorada project in Guatemala and integrating the results…
Global scramble to lift minerals prices in 2026: Fitch
Most mineral and metal prices should edge higher in 2026 as net-zero demand, tighter supply and an intensifying global race for resources offset persistent weakness in China’s property sector, BMI,…