Meridian raises $34M in London market debut
Fresh capital strengthen Meridian’s push to turn its Cabacal project in Brazil into a cornerstone copper-gold asset.
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Brazil’s largest bauxite producer nets licence to extend Glencore, Rio Tinto-backed project
Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN), Brazil’s largest bauxite producer, has secured a key installation licence for its Novas Minas project, which seeks to extend operations in Pará state to 2041….
Hancock, Rio Tinto ordered to pay Hope Downs royalties to ex-partners
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and partner Rio Tinto (LSE, NYSE, ASX: RIO) must pay millions of dollars in past and future royalties after a court sided with the…
Blast from the Past: When Chile nationalized copper
Chile’s 1971 move to nationalize copper reshaped Latin American mining and still reverberates through global supply. The Northern Miner tracked the crisis before and after the takeover. Even before Congress…
Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026
At the end of the first quarter the MINING.COM TOP 50* ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market capitalization of $2.41 trillion, up $250 billion so…
Chile lithium dispute tied to Cold War-era nukes
France’s Eramet (Euronext: ERA) and Chile’s state mining company Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI) are headed to court in a dispute that could delay development of one of the world’s…
Iran war threatens aluminium supply as outages deepen, prices surge
The Middle East conflict could remove up to 3–3.5 million tonnes of aluminium output, about 5% of global supply, and put nearly another 7 million tonnes at risk, tightening a…
Moonshot puts global metals scramble on display
Artemis II is set to lift off tomorrow, spotlighting the geopolitical race for the metals behind modern spaceflight. The flight around the Moon, without landing, will carry astronauts aboard the…
Miners brace as Cyclone Narelle hits Australia
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall on Western Australia’s coast on Friday prompting port closures, operational precautions and supply disruptions across key mining regions. The system peaked at category 4…
Saga Metals acquires titanium property from Rio Tinto
Critical minerals explorer Saga Metals (TSXV: SAGA) has acquired a prospective titanium asset in Quebec from Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) Canadian subsidiary. The Garneau property comprises 120 claims…
Rio exits Diavik as Canada’s diamond boom flickers
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) said it’s produced its final diamonds from the Diavik mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, bringing to a close one of the country’s most significant mining…
Resolution Copper clears land hurdle after years-long legal fight
Rio Tinto (LSE, NYSE, ASX: RIO) has secured control of land in Arizona needed to advance its Resolution Copper project after U.S. authorities completed a long-contested land exchange, marking a…