Top stories of 2025 on MINING.COM
Critical minerals and gold were the two big themes shaping the mining industry in 2025. As US President Donald Trump returned for his second stint in office and pushed through…
Historic gold, silver price rally continues
Stock image. Gold, silver and platinum jumped to all-time highs on Friday to extend a historic end-of-year rally for precious metals, with support from escalating geopolitical tensions and US dollar…
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025
Copper prices hit a fresh all-time high above $12,000 a tonne in London and $5.60 a pound in Chicago this week, capping a year characterized by production outages, trade dislocations, mergers…
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) agreed to sell the past-producing Cobre Las Cruces copper mine in Spain to an investment fund for up to $190 million to free up cash…
Chile loads its copper cannon with 13 projects for a bullish 2026
Collahuasi C20+ project will extend the mine’s life by 20 years. (Image courtesy of
Copper’s tight supply and tariff risks set for a volatile 2026
Year-long disruptions at Grasberg, Kamoa-Kakula, and El Teniente drove copper prices higher. (Image: MINING.COM) Copper’s record-breaking 2025 has set up a tight but fragile market heading into 2026 as supply…
MEGAMINES: Top 10 most capital intensive bulk mining projects
With public and government attention shifting to critical minerals, energy transition metals and specialty commodities, and retail investors all-in on rampant gold and silver, here’s a reminder of where the…
Copper’s next shortage is structural, not hype: analyst
Copper is heading into a structural deficit from 2026 as demand from electrification accelerates faster than new supply, according to BloombergNEF, with geopolitical intervention now the single biggest force shaping…
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil
Vale (NYSE: VALE), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), and Sotreq, its equipment dealer in Brazil, have signed an agreement to expand the fleet of autonomous haul trucks across iron ore operations in…
McEwen has Mexico environmental OK for El Gallo mine
Sunrise at El Gallo mine site. Credit: McEwen McEwen’s (NYSE, TSX: MUX) El Gallo project in Sinaloa, Mexico, has passed a key permitting milestone after the federal government approved an…
