Tag: Copper

Karelian Diamond Resources (AIM: KDR) says it has identified a “significant new copper target” within the recently awarded KDR4 licence area in Northern Ireland.

The collective scramble to move as much physical copper as possible to the US before the imposition of import tariffs is creating shortages in the rest of the world.

June 9, 2025 – Toronto, ON — Shares of Generation Mining Ltd. (TSX: GENM) surged today, nearing a two-year high, after receiving a significant endorsement from the Ontario government that could fast-track development of its flagship Marathon Palladium-Copper Project in northwestern Ontario.

A crisis is unfolding in the bond market that equity investors may not be aware of. Long-term government bond yields are rising across major economies as governments struggle to contain mounting debt burdens.

If the USDX just formed its bottom, copper likely formed its top. This means that we could see a breakdown below the declining resistance line any hour now. More importantly, this time, the breakdown could be confirmed.

Unusually large shipments of copper to the United States are unlikely to abate as long as the threat of tariffs hangs over the market and price premiums for the metal on US-based COMEX make deals profitable for traders and producers, analysts said.

US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariff on copper imports has generated a mass relocation of physical metal, swamping the US market and draining the rest of the world.

The Indian government is expected to argue that there is sufficient domestic supply of copper cathodes, and an adequate number of suppliers, as it prepares a response to a case on import curbs filed by two trade associations, two sources said.

Permitting for key mining projects across the United States will be expedited as part of a plan by President Donald Trump to boost critical minerals production.

Chile, the world’s largest producer of copper, is preparing to slash its official price estimate for 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Canadian miner The Metals Company said on Thursday it had formally initiated a process under the US Department of Commerce to apply for exploration licenses and permits to extract minerals from the ocean floor.

London-based Palliser Capital on Friday said a proxy advisory firm has advised Rio Tinto shareholders to vote in favour of the hedge fund’s resolution to re-evaluate the unification of Rio Tinto’s dual-listed structure at the miner’s annual general meeting.