Met coal pipeline grows despite demand slide: report
Queensland is the hub for new open-cut proposals, including the Moranbah South project in the Bowen Basin. (Image of Moranbah North, courtesy of
Zijin to buy Canada’s Allied Gold for $4B cash
Zijin Gold said Monday it will acquire Canada’s Allied Gold (TSX, NYSE: AAUC) in an all-cash transaction valued at about C$5.5 billion as the Chinese miner ramps up its global expansion and…
CHARTS: New study shows global mining is now a brownfield industry
Arizona Sonoran Copper’s Cactus brownfield project in Arizona. Credit: Arizona Sonoran Copper The dearth of new greenfield mines – particularly copper – has been a problem for the industry for…
South32 backs $35M push at Alaska Arctic copper project
Camp at one of the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects, in Alaska’s Ambler Mining District. (Image courtesy of
Rio Tinto copper output rises as merger talks loom
Copper production increased by 5% in Q4, driven by a surge from Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi underground expansion.(Image courtesy of Turner & Townsend.) Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LON: RIO) copper production…
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland
Keliber is expected to produce about 15,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually for at least 16 years. (Image courtesy of Sibanye-Stillwater.) Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW, NYSE: SBSW) said on Monday it is…
Rio Tinto kicked off number 2 perch, Agnico tops $100 billion for the first time
Going overweight mining stocks. Stock image. Global mining started 2026 the way it ended 2025. With a huge rally. Gold now looks to have $5,000 in sight, silver’s wild swings…
Rio Tinto open to owning coal to secure Glencore deal: reports
The Ulan coal mine complex is Australia’s New South Wales. (Image courtesy of Glencore.) Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) is said to be open to temporarily owning Glencore’s (LON: GLEN)…
Ivanhoe Mines begins copper anode production at new Congo smelter
Once fully ramped up, the smelter’s overall copper recovery is expected to be 98.5%. Credit: Ivanhoe Mines Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has officially begun copper anode production at Kamoa-Kakula’s direct-to-blister smelter…
RERATED: Top 50 mining companies soar past $2 trillion valuation
Scoop up some mining stocks. Stock image At the end of the fourth quarter the MINING.COM TOP 50* ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market capitalization…
