Latest Updates Around The World
The solar industry is turning to base metals and innovation to sidestep the rising price of silver. Silver’s exceptional electrical and thermal conductivity make it a crucial material in solar photovoltaic (PV) production. However, record high prices are forcing major players in the solar energy sector to find more cost-effective alternatives. In one Report September […]
Strategic Minerals plc (AIM: SML; USOTC: SMCDF)an international mineral exploration and production company, is pleased to provide the following update on its fourth quarter and 2025 performance and activities. Highlights Significant share price appreciation by 2025 – up 470% and one of the best performing companies listed on AIM Exceptional drilling results obtained from three […]
Copper prices rose to a new record high on Tuesday (Jan 6), with continued supply disruptions and trading uncertainty pushing the metal to a nearly 30 percent rally since October. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 3.1 percent in early trading to a record high of US$13,387.50 a […]
Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN,OTC Pink:LUNMF) has agreed sells its Eagle mine and Humboldt plant in Michigan to Talon Metals (TSX:TLO,OTCID:TLOFF)with US-based operations focusing on domestic offerings. The transaction will see Lundin Mining receive 275.2 million Talon shares, representing 18.4 percent of Talon’s outstanding equity, with a total implied value of approximately US$83.7 million based on recent […]
Canada has approved the merger of Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A,TECK.B,NYSE:TECK) and Anglo American (LSE:AAL,OTCQX:AAUKF), clearing a major regulatory hurdle to create a new global mining heavyweight worth more than $53 billion. Teck and Anglo American said they received approval under the Investment Canada Act, allowing the companies to proceed with their planned “merger of equals.” first […]
Transition Metals Corp. (TSXV:XTM) is a Canadian-based multi-commodity explorer. The award-winning team of geoscientists has extensive research experience who actively develop and test new ideas for discovering mineralization in places where others have not yet looked, often allowing the company to acquire properties cheaply. Joint venture partners acquire an interest in the projects by financing […]
Japan’s largest copper smelter has been granted a rare reprieve in one of the strictest processing fees the industry has ever seen. According to media reports Pan Pacific Copper has agreed with Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN,OTC:LUNMF) to roll over its handling and refining costs to 2026 rather than cutting them further. People familiar with the deal […]
Sankamap Metals (CSE:SCU) is a Canadian explorer advancing the copper-gold project in Oceania in the South Pacific. The fully permitted Kuma and Fauro properties are located in the Solomon Islands, one of the last underexplored areas of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The land package is close to major deposits including Newmont’s 71.9 Moz Lihir […]
BHP Group (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP,OTCQB:BHPLF) confirmed in a statement on Monday (November 24) that discussions over a merger with Anglo American (LSE:AAL,OTCQX:NGLOY) have officially ended. The discussions date back to April 2024, when BHP made its first offer to Anglo to combine their copper assets. Copper in particular has become a key target as producers seek scale […]
Buyer limited (ASX: CBE, Cobre of Company) is pleased to announce initial results from the Cosmos Target drilling program (see ASX announcement October 23, 2025) at its wholly owned Ngami Copper Project (NCP), Botswana. HIGHLIGHTS: Visual mineralization estimates, supported by pXRF analysis, have defined a promising intersection of vein, cleavage and fracture-hosted chalcocite mineralization in […]
