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.

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.

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.

Around 30 people were killed at a semi-industrial copper mine in southeastern Congo on Saturday after a bridge collapsed, the country's artisanal mining agency said.

Despite reports of unrest in several cities in Cameroon following the re-election of President Paul Biya, ASX-listed Canyon Resources has continued to progress the development of its Minim Martap bauxite project, with minor delays to construction work in key areas.

Vedanta Resources has launched CopperTech Metals, a US-domiciled company that will own and operate Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), connecting America’s critical mineral needs with Zambia’s historic copper legacy.

Lundin Mining has raised its full-year copper production guidance and lowered its cost outlook following a strong third quarter that saw output, revenue and earnings improve across the board.