2+ day, 59+ min ago   (436+ words) A surprise surge in lithium stockpile data — after a change in methodology — has confounded traders and weighed on prices, prompting some to call on authorities to step in. Data released last week by SMM Information & Technology Co., leaning on a…...

3+ day, 45+ min ago   (720+ words) A pair of Australian mining firms are pushing ahead with plans to build major uranium projects in Namibia, joining Chinese companies in the country, as nations around the world embrace atomic power. Bannerman Energy Ltd. and Deep Yellow Ltd., both…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (292+ words) Copper output at Chilean state miner Codelco, one of the world’s largest copper producers, fell 5% from a year earlier in July to 112,800 metric tons, data from state copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday. The latest Codelco copper production data extends…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (723+ words) Intruders backed by soldiers are again operating illegally at one of the world’s biggest sources of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the previous intrusion, a local company protected by Congolese soldiers had taken over a key section…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (409+ words) Copper paused just below record territory on Wednesday after four straight sessions of gains carried the metal to all-time highs in New York and London, with the escalating conflict in the Middle East pushing Brent crude back above $100 a barrel…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (706+ words) Chile is opening its capital markets to junior explorers as the world’s top copper producer and second-largest lithium supplier seeks more investment to fund new mineral discoveries. The Senate-approved bill, spearheaded by President Jose Antonio Kast’s administration, would create a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (763+ words) Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, is mining nearly a quarter of global concentrate while smelting just 4.2% of the world’s copper, exposing a widening gap in a supply chain increasingly dominated by China. The imbalance means Chile exports much of…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (525+ words) Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has produced the first copper-gold concentrate at its Skouries project in Greece as the miner targets commercial production in the fourth quarter. The Canadian miner introduced first ore into the crushing circuit in July…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (814+ words) Chile’s copper mines are using substantially more electricity for each tonne of metal they produce as declining ore grades increase the physical demands of mining, a trend that could intensify pressure on the country’s power system as the industry electrifies....