Rio Tinto rides iron ore gains to post record profit, pay $17bn dividend The world's no.2 miner posted its best ever annual profit and a record full-year dividend of $16.8 billion. Reuters | February 23, 2022 | 3:09 am
Zijin announces expansion plan for Congo copper joint venture Its "de-bottlenecking plan" will increase the combined design processing capacity of the concentrator plants. Reuters | February 22, 2022 | 9:04 pm
USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four. MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 1:23 pm
Charts: Copper project pantry bare from 2025 BofA sees long-term copper supply challenged amid a lack of development. Henry Lazenby | February 22, 2022 | 11:50 am
Vale resumes operations at Totten mine in Ontario The copper, nickel and precious metals venture in Sudbury, Ontario, had its operations halted in September. Reuters | February 22, 2022 | 10:09 am
Biden set to tout US progress on critical minerals production Biden himself has said little about why his administration has blocked some mines while touting the need to boost domestic production of critical minerals. Reuters | February 22, 2022 | 10:08 am
Ivanhoe Mines approves plan to expand Kamoa’s processing capacity to 9.2mtpa The de-bottlenecking project has an estimated cost of approximately $50 million and is expected to take about 12 months to complete. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 22, 2022 | 9:47 am
Rockcliff PEA for Tower and Rail outlines low-capital, robust potential As planned, the Tower and Rail project would produce an average of 12,000 t/y copper-equivalent at an all-in sustaining cost of $2.46/lb copper. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 22, 2022 | 7:34 am
Antofagasta profit, dividend hit records on soaring copper prices The copper miner's EBITDA increased about 80% to $4.8 billion in 2021, allowing it to pay the biggest dividend in its 134-year history. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2022 | 6:01 am