Glencore cobalt output halves as Congo quotas bite
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), one of the world’s largest cobalt producers, reported a 52% drop in output during the first nine months of 2026 as export…
Copper
Teck beats forecasts as copper costs fall
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) beat third-quarter earnings expectations as record copper prices, stronger production and lower costs boosted returns ahead of its planned…
World Bank lifts copper price outlook by 18%
Copper prices are set to stay near record highs next year as new mines struggle to keep pace with demand from power grids and data…
Freeport trims copper sales outlook as Grasberg recovery advances
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) cut its copper sales forecasts for this year and next while reaffirming the recovery timetable for its Grasberg operation in Indonesia. Consolidated…
Mining Forum video: Toto Finance pitches new route to copper funding
Toto Finance aims to help miners raise money by selling digital claims on copper before it leaves the ground, founder and chairman Monty Metzger told…
Western Copper CEO exits as Casino review advances
Western Copper and Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: WRN) said CEO Sandeep Singh will leave the company this week, handing leadership to chairman Mark E. Smith as…
FireFly finds copper-gold system near idle mill
FireFly Metals (TSX, ASX: FFM) has found a new copper-gold system near its idle Nugget Pond mill in Newfoundland, adding a potential satellite deposit to…
China Gold restarts mine after instability halt
China Gold International Resources (TSX: CGG; HKEX: 2099) has resumed open-pit mining at its Chang Shan Hao (CSH) gold mine in Inner Mongolia after a…
Codelco copper mine blockade adds to supply concerns
Workers at Codelco’s Ministro Hales copper mine in northern Chile blocked access to the operation for about six hours on Monday in a dispute over…
Strike curbs output at Canada’s largest copper mine
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) is operating its Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia, Canada’s biggest, at reduced capacity after workers went on…
Local miner outbids Freeport for Colombia exploration
Colombia’s OP Gold Capital outbid U.S. copper giant Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) for exploration rights in the country’s north, raising its offer to retain a 60-sq.-km…
Lula’s Brazil win puts rare earths in Trump’s crosshairs
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s election victory is set to sustain the country’s push to process more of its vast rare earth reserves…