Mining news

• DR Congo to give US buyers mineral access after peace deal

  05-12-2025 17:12
  Washington and Swiss trader Mercuria announce up to $1bn each in funding as Trump seeks to end long-running conflict
  
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• Glencore’s copper pitch: buy in or buy me

  06-12-2025 06:00
  Miner’s assets and prospects strengthen its hand for M&A — a game it knows better than anyone
  
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• New Rio Tinto chief to cut costs and sell assets in push to boost profits

  04-12-2025 12:03
  Simon Trott banks on rising copper production to increase earnings
  
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• Rio Tinto forecasts earnings growth of up to half by 2030

  04-12-2025 08:26
  Miner banks on rising copper production, cost-cutting and asset disposals under new chief Simon Trott
  
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• Glencore slashes 1,000 jobs as part of cost-cutting drive

  03-12-2025 13:47
  Swiss company also unveils plans to double copper production over next 10 years
  
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• Vulcan Energy secures $2.6bn for Europe’s biggest lithium project

  03-12-2025 10:11
  Facility is expected to generate material for about 500,000 EV batteries a year
  
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• The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom

  03-12-2025 06:00
  Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare
  
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• Vale cuts iron ore output forecast on slowing demand and new supply

  02-12-2025 16:53
  Company’s ‘long term’ price prediction is still more optimistic than that of most analysts
  
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• Latin America accelerates minerals shift as Trump pushes for regional sourcing

  02-12-2025 15:59
  Leaders agree on need to mine and process key metals in the Americas, says IDB president Ilan Goldfajn
  
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• Barrick looks for gold in North American asset IPO

  01-12-2025 19:40
  Elliott hasn’t said publicly what it wants from the gold miner but the math supports the case for a partial listing
  
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• Barrick Mining considering IPO of North American gold assets

  01-12-2025 14:34
  Potential move comes less than 2 weeks after Elliott Management built stake in miner
  
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• Tycoon denies funnelling missing Trafigura millions to wife or companies

  27-11-2025 17:50
  Prateek Gupta sued by commodities house in London over alleged fake nickel trading scheme
  
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• FutureCoal welcomes global shift toward technology-neutral, energy-secure pathways at COP30 and G20

  27-11-2025 17:00 via worldcoal.com
  FutureCoal has welcomed the outcomes of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg and the COP30 climate negotiations in Belém, noting that both major global forums reinforced the needs of many emerging economies requiring balanced, methodical, technology-neutral energy pathways.
  
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• Coal stalwart follows old customers into low-carbon technologies

  27-11-2025 06:00
  Hargreaves Services diversified, devolved decision-making and reoriented towards environmental services and infrastructure
  
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• JSW reports stable production and sales growth

  25-11-2025 13:00 via worldcoal.com
  Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa (JSW) has published its operating results for October 2025, which indicate stable production and a significant increase in sales, particularly in the steam coal segment.
  
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• How BHP blew its mega-deal again

  25-11-2025 06:00
  Plus, Bill Ackman prepares an IPO and The Telegraph lands on a buyer
  
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• Mining billionaire backs Australia rare earth project in race to boost west’s supplies

  25-11-2025 04:14
  US and allies seek to kick-start production of critical minerals outside China
  
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• BHP’s failed return for Anglo lays bare miner’s struggles to find growth

  24-11-2025 19:41
  Industry stunned as world’s largest miner makes fresh attempt to buy smaller rival then walks away just days later 
  
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• BHP’s failed bids for Anglo lay bare mining group’s struggles to find growth

  24-11-2025 19:41
  Industry stunned after company makes fresh attempt to buy smaller rival then walks away just days later 
  
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• BHP’s fleeting Anglo bid shows the race for copper is heating up

  24-11-2025 18:45
  It was second time unlucky for the Australian miner but a third attempt at a later date might be the charm
  
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• BHP’s fleeting Anglo bid shows race for copper is heating up

  24-11-2025 18:45
  It was second time unlucky for the Australian miner but a third attempt at a later date might be the charm
  
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• Barrick reaches settlement in gold mining dispute with Mali

  24-11-2025 18:45
  Deal will allow for reclamation of Loulo-Gounkoto mines and release of detained workers
  
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• China’s Li pushes developing country alliance on rare earths

  24-11-2025 08:55
  Beijing steps up competition with the US on access to the critical minerals
  
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• BHP walks away from fresh Anglo American tie-up

  24-11-2025 00:53
  Australian miner approached UK rival ahead of vote on $50bn Teck deal
  
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• BHP walks away from fresh Anglo American talks

  23-11-2025 23:29
  Australian miner recently held talks with UK rival following $50bn Teck deal
  
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• BHP rekindles pursuit of Anglo-American with new approach

  23-11-2025 14:40
  Takeover would disrupt London-listed miner’s planned $57bn merger with Canada’s Teck
  
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• From gold giant to boardroom bust-up: Barrick weighs break-up

  23-11-2025 06:00
  An activist investor building a stake and the sudden departure of its boss has put pressure on the gold miner to break up
  
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• FutureCoal CEO calls for balance and technological neutrality in Australia’s energy strategy

  21-11-2025 11:30 via worldcoal.com
  Australia has been urged to restore balance, honesty, and engineering-based decision-making to its energy debate, with FutureCoal’s CEO, Michelle Manook, warning that ideology has overtaken practical policy.
  
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• Coal’s next life: Synthetic fuels, green energy and the transition challenge

  20-11-2025 16:00 via worldcoal.com
  A clean energy future is on the horizon, forcing the coal industry to adapt. Jane Marsh, Editor-In-Chief at Environment.co describes how mid the emergence of synthetic fuels and green energy technologies, coal professionals can become integral to the transition.
  
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• Elliott builds stake in gold miner Barrick

  18-11-2025 10:22
  Activist investor encouraged by idea that the miner could split into two companies under new leadership
  
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