The Escondida Mine, the largest copper mine globally, is set to resume normal operations shortly, following a significant power outage. The outage, which darkened much of Chile, impacted electricity ...

A host of problems with existing projects make matters worse. Ore quality—the amount of valuable metal in a sample of rock—is declining, forcing miners to dig deeper; mining permits can take years, if ...

Iron ore mining company BHP is set to advance with a $2bn (A$3.16bn) investment plan to optimise the concentrator at ...

BHP Group will kick off a massive $10.8 billion investment program in Chile with the overhaul of an aging copper plant as the ...

Chile has been hit by its worst blackout in 15 years after a transmission line failure knocked out power for hours for more than 90 per cent of its population as well as the country’s crucial copper ...

President Donald Trump opened yet another front on Tuesday in his assault on global trade norms, ordering a probe into ...

In 2024, concern grew about copper supply as copper mines in the top copper-producing countries continued to age without new ...

BHP chief executive officer Mike Henry has reaffirmed the company’s copper aspirations and financial strength during his ...