JP Morgan sees $5.50 copper, deficit worsening
J.P. Morgan has raised its long-term copper price forecast by 9.1% due to widening structural supply deficits and sharply higher capital costs that will require…
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Roundup Video: Indigenous pact advances Arctic corridor plan
An Indigenous-led partnership seeks to move the Arctic Economic and Security Corridor from a long-running idea into a defined infrastructure project, pitched as both a…
Indaba: Rio ramps up Simandou iron ore output
CAPE TOWN — Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) is on track to increase high-grade iron ore production from Guinea’s long-delayed Simandou, Africa’s biggest mining…
Rio Tinto, Glencore nix $260B mega-merger
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) and Glencore (LSE: GLEN) have scrapped plans for a $260-billion merger that would have created the world’s largest mining…
Glencore to sell 40% stake in DRC mines to US group
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has entered a non-binding deal for the potential sale of a 40% stake in its mine assets in the Democratic Republic of…
Copper is key at Rio-Glencore deadline
With the time limit for a Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) bid to acquire Glencore (LSE: GLEN) expiring this Thursday, The Northern Miner offers…
Copper rally lifts 2026 earnings view for miners: report
Rising spot metal prices are setting up one of the strongest earnings years in recent memory for diversified miners, with Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO, LSE:…
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC
Investors are increasingly expecting Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) to make an all-share offer for Glencore (LSE: GLEN) in a deal driven by the…
Amazon first in line for Rio enviro copper
Amazon Web Services (AWS) aims to be the first to use copper produced at a mine in Arizona using bioleaching technology developed by Nuton, a…
Glencore holds merger talks with Rio
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) and commodities trading giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) are holding preliminary talks about combining some or all of their businesses…
AI to boost copper demand 50% by 2040: S&P
A rapid and exponential growth in artificial intelligence (AI), defence spending and robotics will lift global copper demand by 50% by 2040, leaving a supply…
Trapper emerges as Saga’s top titanium-vanadium plot
Initial drilling by Saga Metals (TSXV: SAGA; US-OTC: SAGMF) at its Radar iron-titanium-vanadium project in Labrador is revealing high grades at shallow depths that show…