2+ day, 14+ 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…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (465+ words) Switzerland has begun banning purchases and imports of Sudanese gold and restricting mining supplies in an effort to choke off a source of financing for the country’s three-year war. The measures prohibit the purchase, import and transit of gold originating…...

3+ day, 16+ 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…...

3+ day, 19+ 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…...

3+ day, 20+ 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....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (385+ words) China’s exports of rare earths in August rose 12.1% from the prior month, but they stayed well below the year-to-date monthly average, customs data showed on Tuesday. The world’s largest rare earth producer shipped out 4,735 metric tons of the group of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (778+ words) Viridis Mining and Minerals Ltd. secured Brazilian government funding for a rare-earth project, as the country seeks to tap more of the world’s largest reserves outside China. Brazilian development bank BNDES approved a 77.5 million-real ($15 million) facility for 16 years toward a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (197+ words) The Aurukun project remains under a Mineral Development Licence and has yet to receive a Mining Lease. Traditional Owners, the Wik Waya people, told The Australian that they had not been consulted about the sale and change in operations. A…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (450+ words) There’s an old saying about “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” which basically has to do with fixing one area at the expense of another. Right now, Zambia’s critical mineral strategy is walking straight into this trap. The Lobito Corridor is…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (503+ words) China’s iron ore imports in August rose 0.4% from a month earlier, defying analysts’ expectations for a decline, as multiple typhoons battered unloading at ports and delayed customs clearance in July. The world’s largest iron ore consumer brought in 108.54 million metric…...