Ivanhoe’s giant Makoko copper find gets 30% bigger
The DRC discovery is moving towards mine planning as Ivanhoe expands drilling and prepares a 2027 scoping study.
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Deals sharpen South America’s critical minerals edge
South America is moving to turn its vast mineral wealth into a coordinated production and investment hub as governments race to secure critical minerals for energy, technology and defence. Chile,…
Vale shelves base metals IPO: Globe
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has shelved plans for an initial public offering of its critical-minerals subsidiary Vale Base Metals (VBM) amid political opposition in Brazil to potentially losing control over strategic…
Colombia scraps 10 mining rules to attact investors
Colombia’s new government has repealed 10 resolutions restricting natural resource exploration and extraction, accelerating President Abelardo De La Espriella’s push to revive mining investment and unlock the country’s largely untapped…
Gem Diamonds rebounds as big stones lift profit
Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) swung back to profit in the first half of the year as stronger prices for large diamonds from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho and cost reductions…
Albemarle taps BHP veteran Udd as next CEO
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s largest lithium producer, has named BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) executive Ragnar Udd as its next CEO as surging energy-storage demand tightens the battery-metal market….
China’s biggest lithium mine loses licence
Analysts nearly halve CATL’s Jianxiawo output forecast for the year as environmental hurdles delay a sustained return to production.
BHP commercial chief exits amid China iron ore strain
BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) chief commercial officer Rag Udd will leave the world’s largest miner at the end of January, opening a key leadership vacancy as China intensifies pressure…
Sibanye OKs copper-gold projects on two continents
Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has approved its Mt Lyell copper-gold project in Tasmania and Burnstone gold project in South Africa, advancing two long-life developments as stronger metals prices boost…
Larvotto joins antimony ranks as Hillgrove revives
Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has started antimony and gold production at its Hillgrove mine in Australia, adding a major Western source of a strategic metal whose supply is dominated by…
Glencore looms over Anglo-Teck’s $1.4B copper prize: FT
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) could complicate Anglo American’s efforts to capture the biggest gains from its $53-billion merger with Teck (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) as the miners negotiate how to…
Fortescue suspends executive over harassment claims
The suspension comes a week after the company said the executive would continue to work as the investigation developed.