Rio Tinto copper output rises as merger talks loom
Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) copper production rose 5% in the fourth quarter as a surge from Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi underground expansion more than offset weaker output at Chile’s…
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Venezuela aluminum restart may cost $2.3B: WoodMac
Reviving Venezuela’s idle aluminum industry would require up to $2.3 billion in investment but could help ease a widening supply gap in the Americas, according to a new report from…
Lupaka may seize Peru assets over $67M ruling
Lupaka Gold (TSXV: LPK) may consider seizing Peruvian state-owned assets unless the South American government pays the company its arbitration award, chairman Gordon Ellis told Bloomberg. In June, the Canadian…
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 will to control future copper…
What 2026 holds for mining investors: Sprott
Critical minerals dominated headlines in 2025 as vulnerabilities across their supply chains became increasingly apparent amid rising global trade tensions. At the same time, precious metals—gold and silver—both raced to…
Silver market deficit due all year: Fitch’s BMI
Industrial and retail demand for silver through last year into January pushed prices over $90 an oz. for the first time in history as it outperformed gold, the go-to safe-haven…
Latin America grabs most M&A: McKinsey
Global mining mergers and acquisitions hit about $30 billion in the first three quarters of 2025, with 74% of deal value flowing to Latin America as investors retreat from higher-risk…
Ranked: Southern Copper knocks Rio from No. 2 spot
Global mining started 2026 the way it ended 2025 – with a huge rally. Gold now looks to have $5,000 in sight, silver’s wild swings are getting wilder, and copper…
Atex copper-gold results hint at resource growth
Results from the second hole of Atex Resources’ (TSXV: ATX; US‑OTC: ATXRF) drill program at its Valeriano copper‑gold project in northern Chile are enhancing the thickness and grade of its…
Chile funds lithium, rare earth tech
Chile’s state-owned development agency Corfo has awarded up to $5.8 million to two research projects focused on direct lithium extraction (DLE) and rare earth recovery to boost mining innovation and…
NGEx soars on wider copper-gold zones at Lunahuasi
NGEx Minerals’ (TSX: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) shares skyrocketed Monday after the release of high-grade copper-gold results at its Lunahuasi project in northwest Argentina show drilling continues to expand galactic zones….
Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling
Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold explorers in Suriname, heads into the new year backed by Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) and with more exploration planned at its Antino project on a land package that has almost tripled…