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Anglo American (LON: AAL) is acquiring Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, in a $50-billion all-share merger that would create the world’s fifth-largest copper producer — if regulators in Canada, the United States and China sign off.

i-80 Gold (TSX: IAU) (NYSE-A: IAUX) surged to a six-month high on Friday after the company announced the start of construction at its Archimedes project as planned, with expected production in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Across Botswana the lines of patients outside government clinics are lengthening, construction companies dependent on state jobs are firing workers and university students are threatening to boycott lectures after not getting the allowance increases they were promised.

Gold prices advanced to near-record levels on Friday as investors weighed US economic data and uncertainty around the Federal Reserve’s future.

The US government has added copper, potash and silicon to its draft list of critical minerals, in the most significant overhaul since the it was first published in 2018.

A new study from the Colorado School of Mines has found that the United States could meet much of its demand for critical minerals by recovering materials currently discarded in mining waste.

BHP said annual profit fell to the lowest in five years as sluggish demand from China weighed on iron ore prices and flagged a cut in capital and exploration spending but declared a bigger-than-expected final dividend, sending its shares higher.

De Beers, the world’s largest diamond miner by value, and its joint venture partner in Angola, state-owned Endiama, have discovered a new kimberlite field, its first such discovery in three decades.

NexGen Energy (TSX, NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) announced Wednesday it has secured a new offtake contract with a major US-based utility for the delivery of 1 million lb. of uranium per year over a five-year period. Shares of the company rose.

Mitchall Mines & Minerals Ltd.'s majority owned Sunbreaker Cove project in Alberta, Canada have identified high-grade intercepts from areas that were below current resource boundaries and from previously unexplored zones around the existing deposits at the project.

The global gold market relies on a network of banks, refineries and couriers that can fly bullion between key trading hubs at a moment’s notice in pursuit of the highest prices. On Friday, a shock US ruling suggesting that the metal would be subject to tariffs plunged that system into chaos.

Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia said on Tuesday it was prioritizing the long-term viability of its loss-making Kwinana lithium hydroxide refinery after one of the joint venture’s owners raised doubts about the ability to improve operations.