December 11, 2024 Satellite data analysis shows copper smelting activity surged in November Global copper smelting last month reached its highest level since February.
December 11, 2024 Arbitration between Franco-Nevada, Panama moves to next stage Franco-Nevada had a streaming agreement with First Quantum to buy gold and copper from Cobre Panama.
December 10, 2024 El Salvador sitting on $3 trillion worth of unmined gold, president says The country has "potentially" the largest gold deposits per square kilometer in the world, Nayib Bukele said on his X account.
December 9, 2024 Torex Gold’s ELG underground mine resumes operations following fatalities The 24-hour standdown at ELG, according to Torex, would not impact its 2024 production guidance.
December 6, 2024 Torex Gold reports fatalities at Mexican underground mine, shares plunge As a result of the incident, activities at the ELG underground mine have been suspended.
December 4, 2024 Barrick ups spending commitment on Precipitate Gold’s Pueblo Grande to $22m The property surrounds its Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic.
December 3, 2024 Trump tariffs could reshape global copper landscape Canadian and Mexican exports unlikely to be cost-competitive and US would look elsewhere for 16% of its refined copper imports and 48% of semi-finished copper products.
December 2, 2024 Condor Gold shares surge on takeover approaches The company reported nonbinding takeover approaches from Calibre Mining and Metals Exploration.
December 2, 2024 Norway forced to pause Arctic seabed mining plans A small left-wing environmentalist party secured an agreement to delay the initiative in exchange for supporting the national budget.
December 1, 2024 Global mineral exploration activity in October was highest in a year, S&P data shows According to S&P, funds raised by junior and intermediate miners nearly quadrupled to $1.61 billion in October, the highest since March 2022.
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am
