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Junior miners struggle despite gold’s record highs, but what’s next?
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are hitting record highs, even breaching the $3,000 an ounce level for the very first time, but junior mining stocks are still struggling to gain traction, according to Luc ten Have, founder of GoldDiscovery.com.
Mar 17, 2025 - 12:09 PM
Zijin Mining eyes global expansion as it boosts gold, copper, and lithium production
Mar 17, 2025 - 12:28 PM
Indonesia to issue Freeport Indonesia six-month permit to export copper concentrate
Mar 17, 2025 - 3:49 PM
Trump administration seeks delay in Nippon Steel case for merger talks
Mar 17, 2025 - 3:46 PM
Russia plans to launch large-scale lithium production in 2030
Mar 17, 2025 - 3:44 PM
Trump-driven turbulence draws new investors into gold
Mar 17, 2025 - 3:29 PM
Agnico Eagle Chairman Sean Boyd on gold’s historic run: '$5,000 won’t surprise us'
(Kitco News) - A major surge in gold prices has created unprecedented economic conditions for Canada’s Agnico Eagle Mines, driving substantial financial gains and highlighting strategic opportunities in North America's critical mineral landscape.
Mar 17, 2025 - 11:38 AM
Rainy River revamp sparks 137% share price jump for New Gold, drives future outlook
(Kitco News) - New Gold is poised for growth after turning a corner at its Rainy River operations, President and CEO Patrick Godin said at the 2025 BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference in Hollywood, Florida.
Mar 14, 2025 - 4:03 PM
Coeur Mining ramps up silver production with Las Chispas acquisition
(Kitco News) - Coeur Mining is on track to deliver record-breaking production this year, driven in part by its recent acquisition of the high-grade Las Chispas silver mine in Mexico, CEO Mitch Krebs said.
Mar 14, 2025 - 12:58 PM
JPMorgan holds 5% stake in Rio Tinto for clients
JPMorgan Chase is holding a 5.36% stake in Australia’s mining conglomerate Rio Tinto for the bank’s clients, an exchange filing to the local bourse showed on Thursday.Last week, the Anglo-Australian mining giant completed its $6.7 billion acquisition of the US-based Arcadium Lithium, as it looks to diversify away from iron ore towards critical minerals and battery metals.Rio on Wednesday said it will raise $9 billion in US investment-grade bonds as it seeks to fund the Arcadium buyout.(By Nikita Maria Jino; Editing by Alan Barona)
Mar 13, 2025 - 3:59 PM
Freeport Indonesia hopes to get copper export permit soon
Freeport Indonesia hopes to secure a permit soon to export copper concentrate, after the mining minister approved a revision of its annual business plan, the company’s chief executive said on Thursday.Freeport is seeking export permission after a fire in October at a gas cleaning unit forced a halt in copper cathode production at a new smelter in Gresik in the province of East Java.
Mar 13, 2025 - 3:56 PM
Workers sign petition for collective bargaining at Rio Tinto’s Pilbara mine
Australia’s Western Mine Workers Alliance (WMWA) said on Thursday that more than 400 workers at Rio Tinto’s Paraburdoo iron ore mine in Pilbara region have signed a petition to support collective bargaining.The petition was launched by the alliance to initiate bargaining for a collective agreement at the mine for the first time in over 20 years.Paraburdoo mine is part of Rio’s Western Australian operations, which employs around 16,000 employees and shipped 328.6 million tonnes in 2024, the company website showed.
Mar 13, 2025 - 3:54 PM
Tin price jumps after Alphamin temporarily ceases operations at Bisie mine in Congo
Tin prices jumped to eight-month highs on Thursday after Alphamin Resources said it would temporarily cease operations at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unrest in North Kivu Province.Prices of the soldering metal on the London Metal Exchange (LME) were up 3.3% at $34,530 a metric ton at 1401 GMT after touching $34,815 a ton, the highest since July.Alphamin produced more than 17,000 tons of the metal used to make semiconductors last year or more than 4% of global total supplies estimated at around 380,000 tons.
Mar 13, 2025 - 3:53 PM
Snowline Gold sees 'exceptional deposit' in Yukon after maiden resource boosts market cap
(Kitco News) - Snowline Gold CEO Scott Berdahl says the company is just "on our way" despite a successful 2024 that saw continued drilling success at its Valley Gold deposit in Yukon, Canada
Mar 13, 2025 - 2:23 PM
New Quebec cesium find could shift global power balance in critical minerals race
(Kitco News) - A major new cesium discovery in Quebec could shatter China's decades-long monopoly over one of the world's most strategically important minerals, potentially unlocking billions of dollars in economic value and reshaping North America's role in the global race for critical resources.
Mar 13, 2025 - 8:24 AM
Argentina has 11 large energy and mining projects in planning, econ vice minister says
At least 11 large projects in the energy and mining sector are being planned in Argentina following economic reforms by President Javier Milei’s administration that aims to increase production and revenue from exports of key commodities, the country’s economy vice minister and head of energy said on Tuesday.Argentina can reach $13 billion in annual exports of minerals, including silver, gold and lithium if the projects move forward, from about $4 billion in current exports, Daniel Gonzalez said at the CERAWeek conference in Houston.
Mar 12, 2025 - 4:48 PM
Vale Base Metals aims to double copper production by 2035
(Kitco News) - Vale Base Metals, a private entity spun out from Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A., is aggressively pursuing a strategy to double its copper production to approximately 700,000 tons per year by 2035, according to CEO Shaun Usmar.
Mar 12, 2025 - 4:22 PM
Founders Metals CEO Colin Padget named Kitco Mining's CEO of the Year in the non-producer category
(Kitco News) - Kitco Mining has announced Colin Padget, CEO of Founders Metals, as its 2024 CEO of the Year in the Non-Producer category, recognizing a year marked by significant exploration success for the company.
Mar 12, 2025 - 4:08 PM
Trump rules out exempting Australia from steel and aluminum tariffs
Australia will not be exempt from U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs that President Donald Trump’s administration will impose on Wednesday, Australian media reported, citing a White House official.Trump agreed in February to consider exempting Australia from the tariffs in view of the U.S. trade surplus with the country, following a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.But Trump has decided against it, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported, citing White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.
Mar 12, 2025 - 12:22 PM
Copper smelting activity falls for the first time in four months, satellite data shows
Global copper smelting fell for the first time in four months in February due to lower activity of plants outside the world’s top copper refiner China, data from satellite surveillance showed on Wednesday.Earth-i, which specialises in observational data, tracks smelters representing up to 95% of global production for its SAVANT service and sells data to fund managers, traders and miners.
Mar 12, 2025 - 12:19 PM
