Category: Latest Mining News

Vale (NYSE: VALE) is considering a potential public listing for its base metals unit by the end of 2026, according to the chair of Vale Base Metals (VBM), Mark Cutifani.

Canada’s increased government funding and protectionism are boosting outlooks compared with rising geopolitical risks in foreign countries, according to a new KPMG survey of industry executives.

Copper rose to a two-month high to cap a strong week for metals, helped by the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut.

India must tighten checks on transactions involving precious metals and stones as several of these deals are conducted in cash and fall outside the purview of typical monitoring procedures, according to a global anti-money-laundering watchdog.

Zambia’s biggest mines are turning to a surprising power source as the copper-producing nation battles an unprecedented energy crisis: South African electricity company Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which until March faced its own severe deficit.

Bolivia state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB) has inked a deal with Russia’s Uranium One Group to build a $976 million direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in the country’s vast Salar de Uyuni.

American Creek Resources (TSXV: AMK) has firmed up its proposed sale to privately held Cunningham Mining Ltd. in an arm’s-length, all-cash deal valued at C$207 million ($152 million) with the signing of a definitive agreement dated September 5.

The head of Chile’s Corfo development agency said on Thursday he will launch a call for bids for projects making lithium products while accessing a preferential price “as soon as possible,” following a previous delay.

Power Nickel has expanded its use of Fleet Space Technologies’ ExoSphere — a cutting-edge exploration tool, to better understand its projects along Chile’s Atacama Fault system.

BHP’s relationship with its Western Australian nickel operations has been something of an on-and-off affair.

Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) is transforming an iconic Kalgoorlie asset into Australia’s largest gold operation.

A quarter of the world’s copper mining projects are at increasing risk from the impacts of climate change, with extreme rainfall expected to affect production of the metal crucial for the global clean energy transition by 2050, new research shows.