Fortescue has announced a binding agreement to acquire the rest of Alta Copper, strengthening its copper portfolio in Latin America. Fortescue Ltd plans to acquire the remaining 64% of Alta Copper ...

In a note published on Dec. 1, Ivanhoe Mines announced the official start-up of the copper smelter at its Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The update follows an inauguration ...

Still Bright hopes its chemical process could help replace polluting copper smelters. Demand for copper is surging, as is pollution from its dirty production processes. The founders of one startup, ...

At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space—and it’s teeming with invisible activity. Billions of microbes are hard at work ...

Ancient copper smelters experimenting with iron oxide may have unlocked the secret to iron production. That discovery reshaped human history, fueling the rise of the Iron Age and beyond. Credit: ...

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Argentina has approved Canadian miner McEwen Copper's $2.7 billion Los Azules copper project in the country for a tax break program known as the Large Investment ...

Anglo American and Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco have agreed to cooperate on their adjacent cooper operations in Chile. The collaboration will help maximise copper extraction without ...

The Chilean government is facing a historic lawsuit filed by a number of Indigenous groups and activists over alleged air pollution caused by the mining operations of a state-owned copper producer. As ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court blocked a proposed land swap that would allow construction of a copper mine at Oak Flat. Mine opponents asked the court to prevent Resolution Copper from taking control of 2 ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

Nine people who were working at the El Teniente mine sustained non life-threatening injuries RAUL BRAVO/AFP via Getty One person is dead and five people are trapped after a mine collapsed following an ...