Capstone sells Chile projects stake to Orion for $360M
Canada’s Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) has struck a deal valued at up to to $360 million (C$506 million) with Orion Resource Partners, granting the private equity firm a…
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Video: Majors pivot to growth as gold bull run deepens, analyst says
Flush with cash at record gold prices, senior miners are shifting from share buybacks and dividends toward a more immediate focus on organic growth and acquisitions, Cupel Advisory director Neil…
Fitch lifts 2025 copper price forecast
Fitch Solutions’ Business Monitor International (BMI) has raised its 2025 average copper price forecast to $9,650 per tonne, up from $9,500 previously, as persistent supply disruptions and resilient industrial demand…
First Quantum disputes La Granja is ‘blocked’
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has pushed back against claims that its La Granja copper project in northern Peru is stalled due to public opposition, calling the allegations outdated and…
Codelco fast-tracks automation after deadly collapse
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco is to fast-track automation at its El Teniente mine after a deadly collapse killed six workers, in what became Chile’s worst mining accident in decades….
Video: New Gold eyes K-Zone study to extend New Afton
New Gold (TSX, NYSE: NGD) is fast-tracking work on the emerging K-Zone at its New Afton gold-copper mine in British Columbia, CEO Patrick Godinand says. An initial integrated resource and…
RANKED: Top 20 biggest copper mines 2025
The copper price hit a new 16 month high in London this week, while BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) is predicting global copper demand to grow by at least a…
Antofagasta ignites Centinela mine expansion
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has launched the next stage of its copper growth strategy with the first blast at the Encuentro Sulphides pit at its Centinela mine in the…
Video: Seabridge eyes year-end JV decision for KSM
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) is zeroing in on a joint venture partner for its KSM copper-gold project in British Columbia, CEO Rudi Fronk said. The company aims to…
Video: Torex Gold CEO touts Media Luna ramp, multi-metal pivot
Torex Gold ‘s (TSX: TXG; OTCQX: TORXF) new Media Luna underground mine is up and running at the Morelos complex in Guerrero, Mexico, with the ramp on track and a…
Video: In a ‘perfect storm,’ Asia now sets gold’s moves
Gold’s price setting has moved from the West to the East since March – a shift that shows the United States is losing control over gold and possibly other financial…
Over 25% of copper supply facing ESG hurdles: study
About 6.4 million tonnes of copper production capacity, equal to more than one-quarter of global mine output, are stalled or suspended due to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), a new…