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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Buenaventura eyes 16-year boost for new Peru mine
Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN), one of Peru’s largest mining firms, is considering extending the life of its San Gabriel gold project in southern Peru by as much as 16 years. The…
Silver X raises C$69M in private placement
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX) has closed a convertible debenture financing of C$69 million to support its projects based in Peru. Under a brokered private placement, the Canadian silver miner…
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…
Silver X secures $2M from Trafigura to support Peru copper expansion
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX; US-OTC: AGXPF) has secured a $2-million loan from commodities trading giant Trafigura to support the expanded production of copper from its Nueva Recuperada project in…
Excellon plans return to silver mining next year with Mallay mine deal in Peru
Excellon Resources (TSX: EXN; NYSE: EXN) has announced a deal to buy the past-producing Mallay silver mine in Peru, bringing the company back into silver production by mid-2025. The transaction…
Franco-Nevada buys Yanacocha gold mine royalty for US$210M
Royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV) has agreed to pay Buenaventura up to US$235 million in cash and shares for a 1.8% net smelter return royalty (NSR)…
Buenaventura resumes processing at El Brocal as blockade ends
Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) announced on Monday that its El Brocal processing plant has resumed operations following a three-week suspension, during which it accumulated 220,000 tonnes of copper ore. On May…
Buenaventura suspends Peru mine on permitting delays
Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN), Peru’s top publicly traded precious-metals producer, has halted its Colquijirca’s Tajo Norte zinc-lead-silver mine for up to three years due to permitting delays. The approval of a modified…
Rio Tinto venture makes strategic investment in Regulus Resources
Nuton, a Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO; NASDAQ: RIO) venture that has developed innovative copper sulphide leach technologies, is taking a 16.5% stake in Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; US-OTC:…
World’s top 10 biggest copper mines
Copper, the highly conductive red metal vital to the manufacturing of products essential to the electrification of the world’s energy systems is also used in heating, cooling, electronics, power generation…
O3 Mining’s Jose Vizquerra has tough act to follow
When Jose Vizquerra was considering working full-time on exploration projects in Canada with Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK), the first thing he needed to know was whether he had the blessing…