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Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) on Thursday welcomed Panama President Jose Raul Mulino’s plan, announced early this month, to allow the removal and processing of stockpiled ore at its shuttered Cobre Panama copper mine.The company said processing of the ore stockpiles will allow it to mitigate the environmental and operational risks associated with acid rock drainage and ensure a supply of feed material to the leftover, or tailings, management facility.First Quantum is awaiting formal approvals to carry out these activities in coordination with the Panama government.The Cobre Panama mine, one of the world’s largest open-pit copper deposits, was closed in 2023 following protests from local residents over tax contributions and environmental impacts.The processing of stockpiles does not constitute reopening the mine, and will not require any new extraction, drilling or blasting, the company said in a statement.The mine formerly provided 1% of the global copper supply, and its closure has had an impact on both Panama’s and First Quantum’s financial prospects.Earlier on Thursday, Mulino said the government aims to make a decision on the future of the copper mine by June.(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Sahal Muhammed)

First Quantum backs Panama’s plan to allow stockpile processing at shuttered copper mine

The last Czech black coal shaft will shut at the end of January, closing the door on more than 250 years of deep mining and bringing to an end an industry that powered the rise of heavy industry in Central Europe.The final tons are being hauled this month from kilometre‑deep shafts at the CSM mine in Stonava, near the Polish border, as low coal prices and Europe’s industrial and environmental transition sap demand for what was once the region’s most prized resource.State‑owned OKD had been preparing to shut down three years ago, until Russia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sent energy markets surging and bought the mine a short‑lived extension.For the last time miners rattle into the dark on the underground railway, headlamps flickering across steel supports as machines drill into the coal face.“It is sad that the shaft is ending, it is hard work but good work,” said Grzegorz Sobolewski, a Polish miner who is considering taking another job across the border in Poland, where shafts remain in operation.“I will miss the work, I will miss the shearer,” referring to the cutting machine that slices coal from the face as it moves along the seam. Behind him, another miner shouted instructions over the roar of machinery – a sound soon to disappear from the basin.OKD director Roman Sikora said the mine’s depth had become its weakness.“Global coal prices are low, while our mining costs are ever greater with the ever greater depths we go to,” he said.Industrial heartland faces post-coal future Mining in the Ostrava region began in the late 18th century and turned a rural corner of the Habsburg empire into an industrial enclave.Investors, including the Rothschild family, financed major industrial projects such as railways, steelworks and supporting infrastructure, helping draw tens of thousands of labourers into what became a powerhouse of heavy industry.The industry got another boost after Communist nationalisation in 1948. In the 1980s, more than 100,000 miners worked the basin and OKD produced up to 25 million metric tons a year.Much of that world collapsed after 1989 when communist‑era heavy industry unraveled, pits closed one by one and tens of thousands of miners lost their livelihoods.When privatised OKD went bankrupt a decade ago, the state took it over to wind it down. By last October, OKD had mined just 1.1 million tons for the year and shrunk its workforce to 2,300, with another 1,550 to be let go in the coming months.Workforce reshaped by decades of mine closures Economist Jan Belardi of the Technical University of Ostrava said the 1990s and early 2000s were the hardest years, as the region grappled with mass redundancies and the slow arrival of new industries.Today unemployment stands at 6.6% – still above the national average, but far from the levels of the post‑communist slump, bolstered by retraining schemes and foreign investors drawn to the area after the Czech Republic joined the EU in 2004.“Being on the border with Poland and Slovakia, this region had a significant influx of foreign direct investment such as South Korea’s Hyundai,” he said.Mining also leaves behind an environmental impact, including polluted lagoons or ground drops, and former mines’ surface installations.The region is getting 19 billion crowns ($907.96 million) from the EU’s Just Transition fund for transformation of regions affected by the bloc’s decarbonisation policies, Belardi said.In Poland, black coal mining still employs 70,000, and unions have won pledges to keep mining until 2049. In western Czech Republic, surface mining of lignite is expected to continue for several more years.OKD itself is trying to shape a future above ground. The company aims to stay active in coal trading and develop new ventures including a battery park, a data centre and a small methane‑fuelled power plant using gas seeping from the old shafts.“We have quite grand plans with OKD in the future,” Sikora said.($1 = 20.9260 Czech crowns)(Reporting by Radovan Stoklasa in Stonava and Jan Lopatka in Prague, Editing by Louise Heavens)Share

Last Czech deep coal mine closes as centuries-old industry reaches final day

Argentina’s mining exports totaled $6.037 billion in 2025, the highest value on record for the sector, the economy ministry said on Friday.Mining exports rose 29.2% compared with the prior year, the ministry said in a statement.Gold led the way with an all-time high $4.078 billion in exports.Lithium exports hit $905 million, representing 15% of the sector’s total, helped by the start-up of four lithium projects between 2024 and 2025.“These figures show how the combination of favorable international prices, the start of production at new projects and the consolidation of existing operations are enabling the sector to expand its export base.”(By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Natalia Siniawski)

Argentina’s mining exports hit record $6 billion in 2025

The proposed tie-up between Rio Tinto and Glencore could require asset sales to secure regulatory approval from top commodity buyer China, which has longstanding concerns about resource security and market concentration.The two mining giants revealed last week that for the second time in two years they were in early merger talks – potentially creating the world’s largest mining company with a market value of more than $200 billion.But analysts and lawyers said the scale of their sales to China means any deal will need approval from Beijing, as have past mining mega-deals such as Glencore’s $35 billion purchase of Xstrata in 2013.China’s antitrust regulator is likely to be concerned about a combined entity’s concentration in copper production and marketing as well as iron ore marketing, several analysts and lawyers told Reuters. Beijing may also see an opportunity to force asset sales to friendly entities, they added.Even before the Glencore talks were made public, Rio Tinto had already been exploring an asset-for-equity swap aimed at trimming the 11% holding of its biggest shareholder, state-run Aluminium Corporation of China, known as Chinalco. Rio Tinto’s Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea and Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia were among the assets of interest to Chinalco, sources said then.To get the Glencore deal over the line, assets in Africa are especially likely sales candidates as Latin America has become less accepting of Chinese investment, according to Glyn Lawcock, an analyst at Barrenjoey in Sydney.“China will see this as an opportunity to squeeze out assets,” he said.China’s commerce ministry, its market regulator and Chinalco did not respond to questions about the deal. Glencore and Rio Tinto declined to comment.Glencore precedentGlencore has been here before. In 2013, Chinese regulators forced the Swiss-based company to sell its stake in the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, one of the world’s largest, to Chinese investors for nearly $6 billion in exchange for blessing its takeover of Xstrata.“The Las Bambas deal is still looked at as a very successful solution and it’s going to be a potential playbook that regulators can draw on,” a China-based partner at an international law firm said on condition of anonymity.Glencore also agreed to sell Chinese customers minimum quantities of copper concentrate at certain prices for just over seven years as Beijing was concerned the merged group would have too much power over the copper market.Copper assets are in even higher demand today given the metal’s role in the green transition and artificial intelligence. Rio Tinto and Glencore are shifting their focus to the metal, as are rival miners including Australia’s BHP.Chinese regulators will also be examining a planned $53 billion copper-focused merger between Anglo American and Teck Resources, Teck CEO Jonathan Price said in September.Political challengesCopper’s rising importance is politicizing the metal. The White House has alluded to China’s dominance over the supply chain as a direct threat to national security, and it remains to be seen how it would react to major mineral asset sales to Chinese interests.A combined Rio Tinto-Glencore would market about 17% of global copper supply, according to Lawcock, although analysts at Barclays say the share of mine production is only 7.5% and unlikely to trigger major antitrust concerns.Nonetheless politics has doomed deals before.US chipmaker Qualcomm walked away from a $44 billion deal to buy NXP Semiconductors in 2018 after failing to get approval from Chinese regulators in what was seen as a response to the trade war then underway between Washington and Beijing. The inability to get Chinese regulators on board similarly sank Nvidia’s proposed takeover of Arm Ltd.In previous resource deals, however, Beijing has given approval as part of a bargain. A year before the sale of Las Bambas, Beijing required major changes to a tie-up between Japan’s Marubeni and US grain merchant Gavilon, citing food security concerns.“Clearly this would be a long, complicated deal from a regulatory approval perspective,” Mark Kelly, CEO of advisory firm MKI Global Partners, wrote in a note, “and the presence of Chinalco on Rio’s shareholder register always complicates this picture further.”(By Lewis Jackson, Amy Lv, Melanie Burton, Anousha Sakoui and Clara Denina; Editing by Veronica Brown, Tony Munroe and Jamie Freed)

Rio Tinto-Glencore merger may need asset sales to win over China

Indonesian military rescued 18 workers at gold and copper miner Freeport Indonesia that had been surrounded by armed rebels for three days at a company outpost in the insurgency-plagued Papua region, officials said on Thursday.The rebel group – the Free Papua Movement- says it is fighting for secession of the region from Indonesia, which has controlled half of the resource-rich island since 1969 after decades of Dutch control. The other half of the massive Pacific island – one of the largest in the world – is the independent state of Papua New Guinea, north of Australia.The workers were fixing one of Freeport’s electric towers in Tembagapura district in the mountainous Central Papua province, when rebels surrounded them last week, Indonesia defence ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait told Reuters.“They intimidated the workers, fired shots to frighten or trouble them psychologically,” Sirait said.The military used drones to deliver food and medicine to the stranded workers, before evacuating them to safety after three days, he added.Freeport Indonesia and the spokesperson of Papuan separatists did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The military did not provide details on the operation to extricate the workers, but said no shots were fired.“The rescue operation was carried out in extremely difficult terrain with a high level of threat and time constraints as crucial factors,” the operation commander Major General Lucky Avianto said in a statement.Footage shared by the military on YouTube showed two dozen armed soldiers passing through a forest and river at night, apparently near the site. Another photo showed the soldiers with the rescued workers.Papua is one of Indonesia’s poorest regions, despite being resource rich. It is home to Freeport’s Grasberg mine, which is one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines.(By Ananda Teresia; Editing by Gibran Peshimam and Michael Perry)

Indonesian forces rescue 18 Freeport workers from rebel siege in Papua

Caledonia Mining Corporation plans to spend $132 million this year to launch development of what, once operational, will be Zimbabwe’s largest gold mine, the company announced on Wednesday.Miners are riding a wave of record bullion prices to expand output. Spot gold prices hit another record high of $4,639.48 an ounce early on Wednesday, fueled by escalating tensions in Iran, concern over the Federal Reserve’s autonomy and softer inflation readings that boosted rate cut bets.Caledonia said in a production update that the planned spending, part of a $162.5 million total capital expenditure program for 2026, was subject to board approval and availability of funding.Caledonia bets big on Bilboes as Zimbabwe’s next major gold mine Caledonia, which already operates the 80,000-ounce-per-year Blanket mine in Zimbabwe, plans to develop the Bilboes mine at a projected total capital cost of $584 million.Production from the new mine is expected to begin in late 2028, with steady-state annual output of 200,000 ounces anticipated from 2029 for an initial period of 10 years.On Thursday, Caledonia announced a private placement of $125 million in convertible bonds to institutional investors. The debt, due to mature in January 2033, will mostly fund the Bilboes mine development, it said.The company has said it plans to fund the Bilboes project through a mix of non-recourse senior debt, contributions from existing operations as well as specialized financing methods such as streaming, where investors provide cash in return for future metal supply.Caledonia’s expansion plans received a boost last month when Zimbabwe’s government reversed plans to double the gold royalty rate and change the tax treatment for capital expenditure.(By Chris Takudzwa Muronzi; Editing by Nelson Banya and Joe Bavier)

Caledonia plans to spend $132 million on Zimbabwe’s biggest gold mine this year

Nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia has secured approval for its mining quota for 2026 and all its operational activities have returned to normal, the company said in a statement on Thursday.The company did not disclose the volume of nickel ore it has been allowed to produce this year.(By Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by David Stanway)

Vale Indonesia secures mining quota approval for 2026

TD Securities on Wednesday said in a model portfolio update publication that it closed a short silver position after prices hit its exit level at $93.15 an ounce, resulting in a theoretical loss of about $606,000.Spot silver jumped about 6.7% on Wednesday to a record high of $93.57 an ounce, extending its rally after surging nearly 147% in 2025.Strong gains in silver have been driven by robust investment demand, its inclusion on the US critical minerals list prompting substantial outflows to stocks in the US, refining capacity bottlenecks, and persisting structural market deficit.(By Ashitha Shivaprasad; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)

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Panama’s government aims to make a decision on the future of Canada-based First Quantum’s Cobre Panama copper mine by June, President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday.The Cobre Panama mine, one of the world’s largest open-pit copper deposits, was shuttered in 2023 following protests from local residents over tax contributions and its environmental impact.“I hope and trust that the process will be completed by mid-year, and I will make the announcement that the country requires,” Mulino said at a press conference, adding that he hopes that will be made by June.Mulino also said that Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast has offered to help by providing support from three mining experts.The experts would provide technical assistance throughout the dispute’s decision-making process, Mulino said.Cobre Panama formerly provided 1% of the global copper supply, and its closure has had an impact on both Panama’s and First Quantum’s financial prospects.(By Elida Moreno; Editing by Iñigo Alexander)

Panama aims to make a decision on Cobre Panama dispute by June

Ivanhoe Mines said on Thursday it met its 2025 output targets at the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex and Kipushi zinc mine in Congo and issued guidance pointing to a steady recovery after a year of disruptions and a pivotal smelter ramp‑up.Kamoa‑Kakula is widely viewed as one of the world’s most significant new copper sources, making details of Canadian miner Ivanhoe’s 2025 output and steady 2026 targets critical in a market facing tight supply and slow project growth.The mine’s ability to hold production within guidance, alongside the ramp‑up of its new smelter, reinforces Ivanhoe’s rising influence in the copper sector, while record output at Kipushi underscores its growing weight in zinc.Kamoa-Kakula spent 2025 tackling water inflows that restricted access to higher‑grade ore and weighed on recoveries, forcing a staged de-watering push.Ivanhoe said Kamoa-Kakula delivered 388,838 metric tons of copper in concentrate in 2025, landing within its 380,000–420,000 ton guidance range.The result reflected record throughput from the Phase 3 concentrator and the early benefits of destocking as the mine transitions to on‑site smelting.Ivanhoe reaffirmed 2026 copper output guidance at 380,000–420,000 tons, saying production should strengthen as underground dewatering progresses and higher‑grade areas become accessible.A key milestone for the complex was the late‑2025 start‑up of Africa’s largest copper smelter, which the company said is now averaging 500 tons per day of 99.7%‑pure copper anodes.First exports are expected imminently, it said.Ivanhoe said the ramp‑up would cut logistics costs by more than halving the tons of material transported per unit of copper, while generating new revenue streams through sulphuric acid production.Kamoa-Kakula’s 2026 copper sales are expected to be 20,000 tons higher than production as the inventory of unsold copper concentrate is destocked, mainly during the first half of the year, the results showed.At Kipushi, Ivanhoe reported a record 203,168 tons of zinc in concentrate in 2025, achieving guidance after a strong second‑half recovery supported by improved power stability and a de-bottlenecking program completed ahead of schedule.Ivanhoe set 2026 zinc guidance at 240,000–290,000 tons, adding that December production alone implied an annualized run rate exceeding 270,000 tons.(By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila; Editing by Alexander Smith)

Ivanhoe meets 2025 output targets as Kamoa-Kakula smelter ramps up

Canadian rare earths group Mkango Resources on Thursday opened Britain’s first commercial plant in 25 years to produce permanent magnets from recycled materials, as the West seeks to loosen China’s “stranglehold” over critical minerals.Western countries have pledged to reduce reliance on China, which dominates mining and processing of rare earths, used in electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and consumer electronics. But new production outside China has been slow to scale up, leaving supply tight and making recycling one of the few options available to expand access to these materials in the short term.The plant, in Birmingham in central England, is operated by Mkango’s subsidiary HyProMag. It uses a hydrogen-based process developed at the University of Birmingham to strip magnets from end-of-life products and turn them into new rare earth material with far lower emissions than conventional mining and refining.Britain and its G7 partners aim to reduce China’s dominance through new domestic capacity, Industry Minister Chris McDonald told Reuters. China accounts for about 70% of rare earth mining and 90% of refining.“Fundamentally, that’s the stranglehold on the supply chain that we’re aiming to break,” he said.The new plant adds to Britain’s strategy to increase critical minerals supply, aiming to meet 10% of domestic demand from local mining and 20% from recycling by 2035, backed by up to 50 million pounds ($66.86 million) in funding.Britain previously had magnet-making capacity but this ceased about 25 years ago as production moved overseas.The plant has the capacity to produce 100-300 metric tons of magnets a year, depending on the number of work shifts, using the new technology that has a low-carbon footprint, the company said.McDonald said that the facility was already drawing strong interest from automakers, and the technology was starting to be rolled out in the United States and Germany. HyProMag has previously said it was developing similar plants in these two countries.($1 = 0.7478 pounds)(By Sam Tabahriti and Eric Onstad; Editing by Jane Merriman)

Mkango launches rare earth plant in Britain using recycled materials

Brazil’s Labor Ministry has shut down three waste piles at Sigma Lithium’s flagship mine in the state of Minas Gerais, citing a “grave and imminent” risk to workers and the local community, according to documents seen by Reuters.The order adds to Sigma’s ongoing struggle to restart the mine, previously Brazil’s largest lithium producer, with annual capacity of 270,000 metric tons of lithium concentrate, which has been inactive since October, the documents show.The miner and the ministry did not immediately reply to requests for comment.In November, the firm said during an earnings call that the mine would resume production in two to three weeks.Shares plunge after downgrade Last week, with the mine still non-operational, Bank of America downgraded the firm’s shares, citing a lack of clarity on when production would resume. Their assessment sent shares tumbling 15% in a single day.On Tuesday, the Toronto-listed firm said it was advancing its plan to resume production.Labor officials issued the decision to close access to the piles on December 5, and on Tuesday, they dismissed the company’s appeal to lift the order.It is unclear if Sigma could produce lithium at the Grota do Cirilo mine, its only productive asset, without using the three prohibited piles, where the miner stacks waste after processing.Sigma told inspectors that losing access to the piles would cause “significant operational and economic impacts, in addition to jeopardizing the continuity of mining activity,” documents show.Once the biggest player in Brazil’s fledgling lithium industry, Sigma has faced headwinds since 2023 as it struggled with lower lithium prices and challenges expanding its mining operation.The firm has also tangled with former co-CEO Calvyn Gardner, ex-husband of the current CEO Ana Cabral. Gardner is suing the company over mining rights and has voiced concerns about safety at Grota do Cirilo.To resume using the prohibited waste piles, Sigma would have to present documents proving it has fixed issues identified by the inspectors, according to a document.A labor inspector who visited the site of the mine reported on November 12 a “partial rupture” of one of the piles near a school in the small town of Poco Dantas, which he cited as evidence of structural issues.“The company was given ample opportunity to minimize its risks,” said a labor inspector in a January 6 report dismissing Sigma’s argument that the piles are safe.(By Fabio Teixeira; Editing by Brad Haynes and Rod Nickel)

Brazil shuts down Sigma Lithium waste piles over safety concerns

US President Donald Trump has determined it is necessary to negotiate with trading partners to adjust imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products, the White House said on Wednesday.“In negotiating, the (Trump) Administration will, working with our allies, promote the adoption of price floors for trade” in processed critical minerals and their derivative products, the White House said in a fact sheet.(By Kanishka Singh, Bhargav Acharya and Chris Sanders; Editing by David Ljunggren)

Trump asks for talks with US partners to adjust imports of processed critical minerals

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had opted for now against imposing tariffs on rare earths, lithium and other critical minerals, and instead ordered his administration to seek supplies from international trading partners.The move defers a decision on duties that could further roil the U.S. economy, especially while the Supreme Court is deliberating the legality of Trump’s tariffs. By acknowledging the country is far from being self-reliant for its critical minerals needs, though, it may rankle the domestic mining sector.Trump ordered U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to “enter into negotiations with trading partners to adjust the imports of (critical minerals) so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security of the United States.”The negotiations, Trump said, should promote the use of price floors for critical minerals, a step long sought by Western miners and policymakers. G7 finance ministers and those from other major economies like Australia met in Washington earlier this week to discuss such a step, for example.If Greer and Lutnick’s negotiations are not successful, Trump said he would consider setting minimum import prices for critical minerals or “may take other measures,” without elaborating.Trump is essentially agreeing to a recommendation by Lutnick, who last April launched a national security review under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and in October submitted his findings to the president.Lutnick’s report found that the U.S. is “too reliant on foreign sources” of critical minerals, lacks access to a secure supply chain, and is experiencing “unsustainable price volatility” for the materials, with all those factors fueling a “significant national security vulnerability that could be exploited by foreign actors.”It was not immediately clear why Trump waited until this month to act on Lutnick’s report.China is a top global producer of more than half of the 54 minerals considered critical by the U.S. Geological Survey, for example, and has been curtailing exports in the past year amid its trade dispute with Washington. The country is also a major refiner of critical minerals.“Mining a mineral domestically does not safeguard the national security of the United States if the United States remains dependent on a foreign country for the processing of that mineral,” Trump said in the order.(Reporting by Ernest Scheyder, Kanishka Singh and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by David Ljunggren and Jamie Freed)

Trump says no critical minerals tariffs for now, will seek overseas supplies

Chile’s state-run miner Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, on Tuesday submitted a $1.3 billion continuity project to Chile’s environmental authority to request an extension of its leaching operations at its Radomiro Tomic mine until 2058.The proposal aims to boost the mine’s capacity to an average of 725,000 tonnes per day, up from its current level of 675,000 daily tonnes, requiring pit expansion and new waste dumps and ore stockpile areas.The plan seeks to extend the operation of the mine’s chlorinated leaching process at an average annual rate of 154,000 tons per day.Leaching is a method of extracting metals and minerals from rock using liquid chemicals instead of melting or crushing.The project also seeks to provide operational continuity to its waste treatment and dumping line, which uses chemical solutions to extract copper from ore rather than smelting.Plans include expanding support facilities and installing a hydraulic barrier system with four wells to control water infiltration in the industrial area.The project includes truck transport of 20,000 daily tons of ore or waste per year to Codelco’s Chuquicamata facility over the next 10 years.Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine is one of the company’s three most prominent mines in Chile.(By Fabian Cambero; Editing by Natalia Siniawski)

Codelco submits $1.3B plan to prolong Radomiro Tomic mine life to 2058

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Coin	Price	1h%	24h%	7d%	Volume (24h)	Market Cap
Bitcoin BTC	$95,339.01	0.09	-0.19	5.33	18.39B	1.90T
Ethereum ETH	$3,315.15	0.04	0.61	7.44	11.93B	400.10B
Tether USDT	$1.00	-0.00	0.01	0.08	35.86B	186.80B
XRP XRP	$2.07	-0.07	-0.31	-0.92	1.47B	125.86B
Binance Coin BNB	$953.11	0.06	2.03	4.93	1.15B	129.91B
USD Coin USDC	$1.00	0.05	-0.06	0.00	7.03B	76.54B
Solana SOL	$144.44	0.18	-0.28	6.30	2.22B	81.68B
Cardano ADA	$0.40	-0.46	0.61	2.00	358.67M	14.66B
Dogecoin DOGE	$0.14	-0.09	0.42	-0.95	642.06M	23.32B
Tron TRX	$0.32	0.46	2.34	5.94	2.00B	30.07B

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