Rio Tinto Clears US$144 Million Resolution Copper Development Program
Rio Tinto announced on November 5, 2026 that it had approved a US$144 million investment by Resolution Copper to advance the Arizona project’s next development phase, with Rio Tinto’s share set at US$79 million. The program will fund feasibility studies…
Novelis Profit Rises 29% as First-Half Cash Outflow Reaches $1.8 Billion
Novelis reported its fiscal 2027 second-quarter results on November 5, 2026, with net income attributable to its common shareholder rising 29% to $210 million. The stronger profit came alongside a deepening first-half adjusted free cash outflow, as working-capital demands and…
Energy Fuels Q3 Revenue Rises as Securities Losses Widen Deficit
Energy Fuels reported third-quarter results on November 4, 2026, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Revenue rose to US$29.2 million from US$17.7 million a year earlier, but net loss attributable to the company widened to US$52.2 million, or US$0.20…
Freeport Approves $4.5 Billion Bagdad Copper Mine Expansion
Freeport-McMoRan announced on November 4, 2026 that its Board of Directors approved a $4.5 billion expansion and modernization program for its wholly owned Bagdad copper and molybdenum operation in northwest Arizona, with initial production targeted for mid-2030. Freeport expects the…
Solstice Advanced Materials Raises 2026 Outlook as Sales Rise 8%
Solstice Advanced Materials reported third-quarter net sales of US$1.046 billion on November 4, 2026, up 8% from $969 million a year earlier, and raised its full-year sales and adjusted earnings outlook as Electronic Materials led growth. For the quarter ended…
PMET Resources Lifts Contained Caesium 55% at Quebec Project
PMET Resources announced its fifth consolidated mineral resource estimate for the wholly owned Shaakichiuwaanaan project in Quebec’s Eeyou Istchee James Bay region on November 3, 2026, reporting a 55% increase in contained caesium. The update adds the newly estimated Helios…
Rio Tinto Restarts Oyu Tolgoi Underground Operations After Rockfall
Rio Tinto said in an update datelined London at 1100 GMT on 30 October 2026 that underground operations at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia are being progressively restarted following completion of safety reviews, after a seismic event on…
IMC Rare Earths Reports Yttrium Grades up to 3,099 Ppm in Brazil
IMC Rare Earths Ltd on October 29, 2026 announced what it described as two high-grade yttrium-rich discoveries at its Itarantim ionic adsorption clay rare earth project in Brazil, reporting a shallow intersection of 7 meters grading 2,052 parts per million…
Rio Tinto Opens $1.4 Billion Fénix and Sal De Vida Lithium Projects
Rio Tinto on 29 October 2026 marked the official opening of its Fénix 1B expansion and Sal de Vida lithium operation in Catamarca, Argentina, following a combined investment of around $1.4 billion, the company announced. President of Argentina Javier Milei…
Grounded Lithium Files Kindersley Lithium Project PFS Technical Report
Grounded Lithium Corp. announced on October 28, 2026 the filing of the pre-feasibility study technical report for the Kindersley Lithium Project in Saskatchewan. The report, titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report: Kindersley Lithium Project – Phase 1 Pre-Feasibility Study” and dated…
Freeport-McMoRan Q3 Net Income Rises to $1.2 Billion From $674 Million
Freeport-McMoRan reported third-quarter and nine-month 2026 results on October 27, 2026, posting net income attributable to common stock of $1.2 billion, or $0.81 per share, compared with $674 million, or $0.46 per share, in the third quarter of 2025. Revenue…
NSW Government Approves Rezoning and Master Plan for Mt Arthur Coal
BHP announced on 22 October 2026 that the NSW Government approved the Mt Arthur Coal Mine Land Transformation Precinct Master Plan and the rezoning of its Mt Arthur Coal site near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley. The company said the…
Rio Tinto Pledges US$1.9B for Queensland’s Kangwinan Bauxite Mine
Rio Tinto said on 23 October 2026 that it will invest US$1.9 billion to develop the Kangwinan bauxite project on Western Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, a brownfield project that will add 20 million tonnes of annual bauxite production capacity…
BHP Copper Production Falls 19% With FY27 Guidance Unchanged
BHP Group reported copper production of 400.7 thousand tonnes (kt) for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, down 19% from 493.6 kt a year earlier, and kept full-year production guidance unchanged across all commodities, according to the company’s operational review,…
Rio Tinto Reports Q3 Iron Ore Growth and $2 Billion Capital Release
Rio Tinto on 14 October 2026 released its third quarter 2026 production results, reporting global iron ore sales of 90.8 million wet metric tonnes (Mt) on a 100% basis for the quarter, up 3% from a year earlier, and announcing…
