Rio Tinto’s Stronger Pilbara Shipments Contrast With Weaker Copper Production
Rio Tinto increased Pilbara iron ore shipments in the second quarter of 2026, but the improvement was driven primarily by logistics recovery and inventory drawdown...
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Middle East Mining Finance: Oman’s Copper Project Leads as Saudi Lithium Developments Await Investment Decisions
European involvement in Middle Eastern mining and metals is concentrated in processing technology, equipment, industrial offtake, financing and exploration capital, rather than direct ownership of...
Port Hedland Strike and Caliber IPO Put Mining Operations and Capital Spending Under Focus
A planned labour stoppage at BHP’s Port Hedland iron ore operations and a new Indian mining-services IPO are placing logistics, operating capacity and mining-sector investment...
Rio Tinto Raises Iron Ore Shipments as Copper Output Falls on Lower Grades and Furnace Disruption
Rio Tinto increased Pilbara iron ore shipments in the second quarter of 2026, while weaker copper production highlighted operational pressure elsewhere in the group. The...
Cascabel Secures Conditional US$750 Million Stream for Ecuador Copper-Gold Development
London-listed SolGold has secured a conditional US$750 million precious-metals streaming package for the Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador, providing development funding while committing part of...
Orosur Extends APTA Gold Targets as Anzá Drilling Builds on Pepas Resource
Orosur Mining has reported a 135.5-metre gold intersection from drilling at the APTA prospect within its Anzá gold project in Colombia, adding new mineralised results...
Great Southern Copper Completes 2,474-Metre Especularita Drilling Campaign in Chile
AIM-listed Great Southern Copper has completed a 2,474-metre reverse-circulation drilling programme at its Especularita project in Chile, testing four exploration targets for evidence of a...
Centinela Expansion Advances With US$2.5 Billion Debt Package
Antofagasta’s Centinela Second Concentrator in Chile is progressing with construction backed by approximately US$2.5 billion of project debt, including direct participation from Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank....
Glencore Develops US$4 Billion Agua Rica Copper-Gold Project in Argentina
Glencore’s Agua Rica project in Argentina’s Catamarca province is being advanced as a large copper-gold development that could use infrastructure associated with the existing Alumbrera...
Glencore Plans Alumbrera Restart to Support Argentine Copper and Gold Production
Glencore is preparing to restart the Alumbrera copper-gold operation in Argentina, with the existing mining complex also providing infrastructure for the larger Agua Rica development....