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.
Ajax Resources PLC has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 74.79% interest in the Paguanta project in Chile from ASX-listed Asara Resources Limited.
Vale Base Metals has started operating an autonomous Komatsu 930E haul truck fleet at its Salobo copper mine in Brazil and is progressing a coarse particle flotation project that will lift Salobo III capacity by 6 million tonnes per year.
Reported data shows Glencore's copper production in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose 66% in the first half, with cobalt quota policy driving a shift in the company's output structure.
A Jefferies report points to second-quarter production cuts by major miners as a sign that copper supply and demand are tightening simultaneously.
Copper prices are nearing historic peaks as physical metal moves to the US and concentrate supply tightens, according to market reporting.
Indonesia's Onto copper-gold project holds estimated resources exceeding 2 billion tonnes and could host more gold than Grasberg, according to the Indonesia Mining Institute.
Vale has reported progress on the expansion of its Salobo copper mine, a project expected to add 30,000 tonnes of annual production capacity.