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Chile’s copper output fell to 403,424 tonnes in July, the weakest July result in the national data series since 2011. By Charles Pitts Chile’s copper production…
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange reached about US$14,373 per tonne on Sept. 4, putting the contract on track for a tenth consecutive weekly gain…
Copper and nickel processing infrastructure in Brazil’s Carajás region. By Charles Pitts Vale has indefinitely shelved plans to list its critical-minerals subsidiary Vale Base Metals, according…
Copper smelter casting line in a modern industrial processing facility. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by an unusual combination of tight concentrate supply, historically low…
The Mt Lyell mining district on Tasmania’s rugged West Coast. By Charles Pitts Sibanye-Stillwater has approved the restart of the Mt Lyell copper-gold mine near Queenstown,…
An exploration drill rig works across the arid terrain of Arizona’s Copper Creek district. By Charles Pitts Faraday Copper’s latest drilling at its Copper Creek project…
An underground access tunnel represents the engineering focus of Ivanhoe Electric’s redesigned Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona. By Charles Pitts SEO metadata Primary keyword: Ivanhoe…
By Charles Pitts Copper enters 2026 with an unusually wide gap between market signals. Prices are near record levels, inventories are concentrated in the United States,…
Arid exploration terrain in Chile’s Atacama Region. By Charles Pitts Capstone Copper has completed its acquisition of the copper assets at the San Pietro copper-gold-iron-cobalt project…
By Charles Pitts A First Quantum Minerals affiliate has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Cascadero Minerals Corporation for up to US$19 million, giving the…
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