Copper price eases as LME inventories surge
London Metal Exchange on-warrant copper inventories have surged by more than 50% in three days, easing fears of an acute supply squeeze and sharply narrowing a key market spread. On-warrant…
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Newmont backs junior Headwater on 3rd Nevada project
Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) has agreed to earn control of Headwater Gold’s (CSE: HWG; US-OTC: HWAUF) Jupiter gold project in Nevada by covering exploration costs and completing a…
Sweden OKs Boliden’s Laver copper concession
Sweden rejected appeals against Boliden’s (STO: BOL) mining concession for Laver, clearing a key hurdle for a copper project that could double the country’s output while leaving major environmental and…
Tether lifts Metalla stake to 14%
Tether International has raised its stake in Metalla Royalty & Streaming (TSXV, NYSE-A: MTA) to about 14%, deepening the stablecoin group’s push into Canadian gold royalty companies. The El Salvador-based…
Volta drills gallium 210m past Springer pit
Volta Metals (CSE: VLTA; US-OTC: VOLMF) traced gallium 210 metres beneath the current open-pit outline at its Springer rare earth project in Ontario, widening the mineralized footprint beyond what the…
B2Gold wins Mali permit after guidance cut
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) won a key permit Friday for its Fekola Regional gold expansion project in Mali, removing a growth hurdle a day after it cut its 2026…
Florence must triple output to hit Trekor target: CEO
Trekor Metals (TSX, LSE: TKO; NYSE-A: TGB) insists production at its Florence copper mine in Arizona will accelerate threefold in the second half to allow the operation to meet a…
Bigger plants drive Australia’s next gold gains
Australian gold output is set to rise as producers expand existing mines before a new set of projects starts later this decade, Melbourne-based mining consultants Surbiton Associates says. The country…
Codelco’s El Teniente setback deepens copper fears
Codelco’s decision to suspend development of the Andes Norte section at its flagship El Teniente mine could last as long as two years, according to a union leader, compounding production…
Ferrexpo’s Ukraine shutdown deepens fight for survival
Switzerland-based Ferrexpo (LSE: FXPO) has halted iron ore production in Ukraine after Russian attacks restricted its Black Sea export routes, leaving the miner dependent on fresh funding to restart. The…
U.S. orders black mass, tungsten scrap kept home
The United States will block most exports of spent lithium-ion batteries, or black mass, and tungsten scrap for one year, forcing sellers to reserve the recycled mineral feedstock exclusively for…
Blackwater mill bill jumps by a fifth
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG; US-OTC: ARGTF) has raised the cost of its first Blackwater mill expansion to $120 million (US$85.3 million), an increase of as much as 20%, while keeping…