Regulatory authorities in Peru have granted approval for production expansion and permit extensions at Rio2’s Condestable copper development.
Anticipated U.S. tariffs on copper have triggered significant market volatility, pushing benchmark prices to record levels while strengthening physical premiums.
Chilean state miner Codelco has entered a joint venture agreement with private developer Pucobre to advance the Tovaku copper deposit in Chile.
CrossBoundary Energy has activated a major photovoltaic and battery storage installation in the Democratic Republic of Congo to supply renewable electricity to the Kamoa-Kakula copper operation.
Unseasonal storm systems across Chile have prompted two domestic copper producers to cut their 2026 production forecasts, raising near-term supply concerns for the global market.
South32 has increased the reserve estimate at its Sierra Gorda copper mine and received clearance to build a fourth grinding line, marking a targeted capacity expansion in a key producing region.
A severe Chilean winter storm has forced Lundin Mining to reduce its 2026 copper production outlook, adding to supply concerns as benchmark prices approach multi-decade peaks amid structurally tight market fundamentals.
The Trans-Kalahari railway initiative has moved past feasibility studies into procurement preparation, requiring Namibia and Botswana to finalize financing and public-private partnership structures for the $8 billion, 1,850-kilometer cross-border infrastructure.
Lundin Mining has revised downward its copper production forecast for 2026 while keeping its gold output targets steady.
BHP has launched a technology validation pilot in Arizona’s Globe-Miami district alongside MIT spinoff SiTration to extract copper from legacy mine water.
Accelerating artificial intelligence infrastructure deployment is driving a sharp rise in high-volume low-loss copper foil consumption, outpacing constrained global supply and reshaping specialty metal market dynamics.
SiTration and BHP have initiated a pilot program to test advanced copper recovery techniques at the Globe-Miami mining complex in the United States.
Canadian miner Lundin Mining has reduced its 2026 copper production guidance following storm-related damage at its Chilean Caserones operation, raising near-term supply concerns in the South American basin.
Antofagasta lowered its annual copper output guidance after heavy rain and snow in Chile forced a temporary stoppage at its flagship Los Pelambres mine and damaged supporting infrastructure.
A second winter storm has pushed back the resumption of operations at Lundin Mining's Caserones copper mine in Chile, according to the reported update.
Vale has accelerated its copper mine expansion project in Brazil, bringing the commissioning date forward by one year.
Codelco Chairman Bernardo Fontaine says the Chilean state miner is close to signing an agreement with local producer Pucobre for the Tovaku copper project in northern Chile.
BHP's copper division contributed over half of the company's profit for the first time, with potential copper production growth of up to 40% reported.