Mineral, metal prices to edge higher: Fitch’s BMI
Most mineral and metal prices are expected to increase slightly this year as robust demand and tighter supply combine with declining tariff uncertainties, according to BMI, a unit of Fitch…
Copper
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…
London Symposium video: McEwen touts Milei boost for Los Azules copper
Argentina’s pro-business shift under President Javier Milei makes it easier to move McEwen’s (NYSE, TSX: MUX) $3.1-billion (C$4.3 billion) Los Azules copper project towards construction, founder Rob McEwen says, provided…
Ivanhoe starts copper smelter output in Congo
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has officially begun copper anode production at Kamoa-Kakula’s state-of-the-art, direct-to-blister smelter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First production occurred on Dec. 29,…
London Symposium video: Canada needs ‘1939 moment’
Canada should re-take its crown as a global metals producer and rise to the challenge of the green energy transition by investing in smelting and critical mineral capacity, according to…
London Symposium video: Cutifani on connections
Mining companies must do a better job of connecting with youth, First Nations, recycling and new technology, former Anglo American (LSE: AAL) CEO Mark Cutifani says in a new video….
London Symposium JV Video: Generation Mining sees 2028 Marathon copper start
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM, US-OTC: GENMF) is expecting bank financing in the new year to help it start construction on its fully permitted $990-million capex Marathon copper-palladium project in Ontario,…
Copper nears $13,000 as tariffs, outages tighten supply
Copper climbed to fresh records in London trading, edging toward $13,000 (C$17,800) per tonne as tariff risk pulled metal into the United States just as mine disruptions and low inventories…
London Symposium JV Video: Gunnison starts Rio’s Nuton leach at Arizona copper mine
Gunnison Copper (TSX: GCU; OTCQB: GCUMF) produced copper using Rio Tinto’s (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) Nuton sulphide-leaching technology at its Johnson Camp mine in southern Arizona this month, lifting United…
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) agreed to sell the past-producing Cobre Las Cruces copper mine in Spain to an investment fund for up to $190 million (C$260 million) to free…
London Symposium JV Video: Element 29 targets higher resources in Peru
Element 29 Resources (TSX-V: ECU) is hoping that ongoing drilling at its Elida copper project in Peru will lead to an increase the size of the deposit, CEO Richard Osmond said….
Chile loads copper cannon with 13 projects for 2026
Thirteen Chilean copper projects worth $14.8 billion (C$20 billion) are expected to hit key milestones in 2026 as prices rise on fears of a global supply squeeze. Seven domestic projects…