Base Metals • May 30, 2025
Copper Price Concerns Mount as Study Warns of
Global copper price concerns are intensifying as a new study warns that prices may need to more than double from current levels to meet soaring demand…
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Base Metals • May 29, 2025
Supreme Court Lets Arizona Copper Mine Proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up a challenge brought by Native American groups seeking to stop a major copper mining project in Arizona,…
Base Metals • May 27, 2025
Harmony Gold Makes $1B Copper Bet with Mac
Harmony Gold, South Africa’s largest gold producer, is making a bold pivot into the copper market with the $1.03 billion acquisition of Mac Copper Ltd, an…
Base Metals • May 22, 2025
Solaris Secures $200M from Royal Gold to
Solaris signs $200M financing deal with Royal Gold to advance its Warintza project in Ecuador, including gold stream and NSR royalty.
Base Metals • May 21, 2025
BASF Strengthens R&D in Copper Hydrometallurgy
BASF boosts copper hydrometallurgy R&D by relocating to Houston and advancing flotation technologies for efficient mineral processing.
Base Metals • May 17, 2025
Resource Mining Corp Accelerates Copper-Gold
Resource Mining confirms strong copper-gold anomalies at Papua New Guinea’s Kisa Project, advancing toward drill campaigns.
Base Metals • May 12, 2025
Copper Demand Surge Triggers Pollution and
Copper demand is set to jump 40% by 2040, fueling fears over pollution, rights abuses, and global inequality, UN and BHRRC warn.
Base Metals • May 7, 2025
Barrick Mining Sees 59% EPS Surge
TORONTO — Barrick Mining delivered a robust first-quarter performance, with earnings per share (EPS) up 59% year-on-year, reinforcing the miner’s long-term strategy centered around Tier 1…
Base Metals • May 2, 2025
Blackstone’s Mankayan Bet Reignites Interest
SYDNEY — Blackstone Minerals Ltd. is making a high-stakes wager on a rich copper-gold porphyry system buried beneath the northern Philippines, announcing a significant mineral intercept…
Base Metals • Apr 29, 2025
Metro Mining’s Record Q1 Bauxite Shipments Put
Australia’s Metro Mining sets new benchmark with 184,000 WMT shipped in Q1, banking $9 million in revenue as global bauxite demand tightens.
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