SW US CEO chat: Hudbay builds copper giant
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) says it can build two of the largest planned U.S. copper mines without issuing equity, thanks to a financing package backed by offtaker Mitsubishi, streamer…
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Collective extends Colombia’s Apollo on 15-g/t gold hit
Collective Mining (TSX, Nasdaq: CNL) has extended its Apollo system in Colombia 100 metres north after two drill holes targeting the deeper Ramp zone unexpectedly cut a new mineralized breccia…
Glencore looms over Anglo-Teck’s $1.4B copper prize: FT
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) could complicate Anglo American’s efforts to capture the biggest gains from its $53-billion merger with Teck (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) as the miners negotiate how to…
Lithium price: Fitch raises forecast, warns rally has outrun fundamentals
The most active lithium carbonate contract on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange closed at 152,500 yuan (about $22,500) a tonne on Wednesday, up 11% from July’s lows, as the stalled restart…
Boliden’s $1.3B Nexa buy adds S-American zinc, silver
Sweden’s Boliden (STO: BOL) has agreed to buy Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim’s controlling stake in Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) for $1.3 billion (C$1.8 billion) in shares, giving the European miner a…
Cabral Gold hits new zone in Brazil before output starts
Drilling at Cabral Gold’s (TSXV: CBR; US-OTC: CGBZF) Cuiú Cuiú project in northern Brazil has returned high-grade results that point to a new mineralized zone in the Jerimum Cima target…
Copper price run signals supply squeeze: Sprott
Copper’s roughly 50% surge over the past year is increasingly looking less like a traditional commodities cycle and more like a structural squeeze as mine shortages collide with rising demand…
Brazil’s top court breaks Indigenous mining deadlock
Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling allowing Cinta Larga Indigenous communities to legally conduct mineral exploration in four territories under temporary safeguards while lawmakers develop long-delayed legislation that governs…
Colombia gold mine collapse kills 13 workers
At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an open pit gold mine in southwestern Colombia — the latest in a series of…
Las Bambas halt compounds South America copper woes
China-controlled miner MMG (HKG: 1208) has suspended operations at its Las Bambas mine in Peru after an accident killed two workers, adding another disruption to South American copper supply as…
Omai values Guyana gold project at $4B
A new economic study for Omai Gold Mines’ (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) namesake project in Guyana positions it among the largest and most valuable undeveloped gold projects in South America,…
Lundin Mining cuts copper outlook as Chile storms strike again
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) cut its 2026 copper production forecast after a second severe winter storm hit the company’s operations in Chile’s Atacama region, disrupting its recovery from an earlier…