Jubilee Metals Group has signed a cooperation and project development agreement with Galileo Resources to accelerate exploration and development at the Molefe mine, in Zambia, with Galileo able to earn up to a 23.75% interest in the project through a $700 000 investment in resource work.

The Cinovec lithium project has been awarded a €360-million grant by Czech Republic, project owner European Metals announced on Friday.

Global bauxite production growth is expected to slow to 2% this year, reaching 451.3-million tonnes, after forecasts were revised down by BMI – A Fitch Solutions company – in its ‘Global Bauxite Mining Outlook’ report published this week.

Andrada Mining has reported improved operational and financial performance for the six months ended August 31, with higher production, increased revenue and a reduced operating loss for the first half of its 2026 financial year.

Copper consolidator ACG Metals has confirmed it is in the preliminary stages of evaluating a potential offer for the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of London-listed Anglo Asian Mining.

Europe's biggest copper smelter Aurubis is comfortable rejecting lowball offers for copper concentrate, an executive said on Wednesday, as tense negotiations over annual contracts for the feedstock take place against record negative processing fees.

Barrick Mining remains committed to its Reko Diq copper mine in Pakistan, one of the world's largest undeveloped deposits of the metal, its interim CEO said on Tuesday after reports of a possible withdrawal.

UBS expects copper prices to rise into next year, citing tightening supply from persistent mine disruptions and strong long-term demand from electrification and clean-energy investment, the bank said in a note on Friday.

Hong Kong-listed mining and metals company MMG said on Monday that the European Commission had extended the review of its deal to purchase Anglo-American's nickel business in Brazil.

Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). The MoU between sets out a framework for collaboration to support Ivanhoe’s efforts to find, develop and sustainably supply the critical minerals essential to the global energy transition and the development of advanced technologies.