RANKED: The world’s top 10 biggest copper mines
The global copper market enjoyed one of its best years in 2025. The threat of United States tariffs on the industrial metal and its elevated status as a critical mineral,…
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BC miners wary of First Nation court rulings
British Columbia’s mining industry says the province is gaining momentum on major projects, but warned that regulatory uncertainty linked to Indigenous rights court rulings and rising costs could jeopardize future…
Anglo American draws three bidders for coal sale
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) is said to have at least three potential buyers for its Australian steelmaking coal business after a $3.8-billion sale to Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) collapsed following…
Teck flags Chile fuel costs due to Iran War
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) warned rising diesel and freight costs could increase expenses at its Chilean copper operations through the second quarter as global supply tightens. The…
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…
Freeport seeks permit for $7.5B Chile copper expansion
U.S. miner Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has begun the environmental permitting process for a $7.5-billion expansion of its majority-owned El Abra copper mine in Chile. The project, owned 51% by Freeport…
PDAC: Canada must build processing now, panelists say
Canada has a historic opportunity to build new processing facilities in the country as modern mines get developed amid a global resource boom, attendees were told at the Prospectors and…
PDAC due for investor surge as mining ‘has its moment’
A buoyant BMO metals conference this week marked by rising prices, disciplined miners and renewed deal talk is setting the stage for the world’s largest mining convention starting Sunday in…
Anglo posts $3.7B loss on fresh De Beers writedown
Impairment reduces De Beers’ value, bringing total writedowns for the diamond unit to $6.8 billion in 2025.
Indaba: New Cold War for minerals tests Africa’s ability to leverage huge resources
Africa’s vast critical-mineral endowment has thrust the continent to the centre of intensifying rivalries between the United States, China and other powers, but its future will depend more on governance…
Indaba: Mining must be ‘champion’ in fragmented world, Anglo’s Wanblad says
The global mining industry faces its most consequential moment in generations as critical minerals move to the centre of economic and security policy, Anglo American (LSE: AAL; JSE: AGL) CEO…
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 another look at how the…