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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…
Jianxiawo’s suspension has turned permitting risk into a major variable for China’s lithium supply outlook. Lithium price forecast 2026: CATL’s Jianxiawo mine in Jiangxi has returned…
An exploration drill rig works across the arid terrain of Arizona’s Copper Creek district. Faraday Copper’s latest drilling at its Copper Creek project in Arizona has…
An underground access tunnel represents the engineering focus of Ivanhoe Electric’s redesigned Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona. SEO metadata Primary keyword: Ivanhoe Electric Santa Cruz…
Diamond drilling remains the main bridge between exploration capital and a potentially mineable deposit. Mining exploration is attracting capital again, but the funding is moving selectively.…
Critical-minerals security is increasingly determined by processing capacity, trade policy and supply-chain control rather than geology alone. The critical minerals race is moving from mine development…
Copper enters 2026 with an unusually wide gap between market signals. Prices are near record levels, inventories are concentrated in the United States, and treatment charges…
Arid exploration terrain in Chile’s Atacama Region. Capstone Copper has completed its acquisition of the copper assets at the San Pietro copper-gold-iron-cobalt project in Chile’s Atacama…
A First Quantum Minerals affiliate has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Cascadero Minerals Corporation for up to US$19 million, giving the major copper producer…
Leigh Creek copper mine in South Australia’s Northern Flinders Ranges. Strategic Minerals has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Leigh Creek Copper Mine in South…
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