- Canada's trade minister confident that countries will come to a deal. READ MORE
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- MP Materials' recent financing by the US Department of Defense has launched a sea change for US rare earths mining. The US government has taken a $400 million equity stake — 15% of the company — and committed to buying 10 years of neodymium-praseodymium oxide (NdPr) at $110/kg. NdPr is used for permanent magnets in a wide range of applications. The stipulated price is nearly twice the price on China's market. READ MORE
- Trump tariff pops copper bubble, big incentive for domestic smelters, mines. READ MORE
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- Grupo México is reviewing the potential restart of the Hayden copper smelter in Arizona to boost US smelting capacity amid tariffs on some copper products, a company executive said on a July 30 earnings call. READ MORE
- Grid construction firms, wires-makers assess impacts from US tariffs on copper. READ MORE
- Miners see potential in Chile's regulatory overhaul — if it delivers. READ MORE
- Vale 'adapting iron ore portfolio' as competitor mine Simandou enters market. READ MORE
- Updated definitive feasibility study for Lake Resources NL's Kachi lithium project in Argentina outlined a posttax net present value of $1.01 billion, discounted at 10%, with an internal rate of return of 19.7% and a total capital expenditure of $1.16 billion. READ MORE
- Six workers died when an underground tunnel collapsed at Codelco's El Teniente copper mine in central Chile. The collapse followed a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in the central area of the country on July 31. Police later confirmed that the bodies of five workers had been found at the site, more than 1,200 meters below ground. READ MORE
- Endeavour Mining PLC unit Somika SA and two other gold producers have agreed to Mali's new mining code, which includes higher taxes and stakes in assets for the government. In 2023, Mali launched the new mining code, which allowed the country to increase its ownership in mining projects to 35% from 20%. The three companies had been inactive since. READ MORE
- Informal miners in Peru suspended talks with the government after failing to reach an agreement on a formalization deadline, potentially leading to a resumption of protests, Reuters reported. READ MORE
