Panama has lost $3.5B from mine halt: First Quantum
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) said the suspension of its Cobre Panamá copper mine has cost Panama an estimated $3.5 billion in lost economic contribution over the past two years,…
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Colombia pushes Glencore on Cerrejón closure plans
Colombia is pressing Glencore (LSE: GLEN) to begin planning now for a post-coal future at its Cerrejón mine, setting up a high-stakes debate over whether one of the world’s largest…
Sigma Lithium fights Brazil ruling after shares slide
Sigma Lithium (Nasdaq: SGML) is appealing a Brazilian court ruling tied to allegations involving waste disposal at its Grota do Cirilo lithium operation after the developments helped wipe 15% off…
Elemental Royalty to buy Vizsla Royalties for $327M
Elemental Royalty (TSX: ELE; Nasdaq: ELE) is acquiring Vizsla Royalties (TSX-V: VROY; US-OTC: VROY) in a $327-million (US$239-million) deal, offering a 31% premium as the company continues consolidating the royalty…
Gold M&A: Equinox, Orla combine as $18.5B miner
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) said on Wednesday it would acquire Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) in a deal valued at about US$18.5 billion (C$25.4 billion), creating a…
Codelco faces questions over 20,000-tonne output gap
Chilean state-run copper miner Codelco may have overstated its December output by about 20,000 tonnes after including material that did not qualify as finished product, according to a preliminary internal…
Fortescue to pay A$150M for Aboriginal site damage
Fortescue (ASX: FMG), one of the world’s biggest iron ore miners, must pay more than A$150 million (US$108 million) to an Australian Aboriginal group after a court found the company…
Barrick’s $3B buyback sets stage for spinoff
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) launched a $3-billion share buyback on Monday as the world’s third-largest gold producer seeks to attract investors ahead of a planned spinout of its…
Cameco halts Saskatchewan uranium mill after floods
Canadian uranium miner Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has temporarily halted production activities at its Key Lake mill and reduced activity at its McArthur River mine after flooding damaged transport…
TMC, Allseas strike first seabed nodule mining deal
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) has signed a commercial agreement with offshore engineering giant Allseas to develop and operate what the companies say would be the world’s first commercial deep-sea…
Sherritt shares crater on Cuba sanctions shock
Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF) shares plunged 30% on Thursday after the Canadian miner suspended its direct participation in Cuba operations as a result of sweeping new United States…
Gold Fields flags oil shock as mining costs climb
South Africa’s Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) reaffirmed its 2026 production and cost guidance on Thursday, but warned that surging energy prices tied to the Iran war are pushing up…