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Precious and base metals explorer American Pacific Mining will sell its Palmer volcanogenic massive sulfide project in Alaska to Vizsla Copper, in a deal valued at $15M and structured through the issuance of Vizsla common shares.

BHP found liable over Mariana dam disaster.

Bingham & Taylor, a leading manufacturer of underground infrastructure access solutions serving water and gas utility customers across North America, has been acquired by Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company in conjunction with Neenah Foundry Company.

Vedanta's newly launched CopperTech to invest $1.5B in Konkola.

Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE:RYI), a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, and Olympic Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZEUS), a leading U.S. metals service center, have entered into a definitive agreement to merge.

Trump-Xi meeting: U.S. president says rare earths deal and tariff cut agreed.

South African gold miner Harmony Gold has completed the $1.01B acquisition of MAC Copper, the owner of the high-grade CSA copper mine in New South Wales, Australia, giving the company immediate exposure to copper production.

China's CMOC to invest $1.1B to expand its KFM copper mine in DRC.

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSX:CS) (ASX:CSC) stated that fund entities managed by Orion Resource Partners LP have agreed to acquire a 25% ownership interest in the Santo Domingo Project and the Sierra Norte Project for a total cash consideration of up to $360M.

Rio Tinto ramps up Simandou stockpiles to 2Mt for first shipment.

Eagle Summit Resources, LLC is purchasing Reflectance Energy, LLC.

U.S. tariffs hit China’s container trade, including aluminum, electric machinery and other items.

USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NasdaqGM:USAR) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Less Common Metals Limited for approximately $220M.

U.S. offers to buy stakes in Australian critical minerals companies.

Wealth Minerals has signed a binding letter of agreement to acquire an indirect 100% royalty-free interest in the Andacollo Oro gold project in Chile.

Lithium Americas soars 90% as Washington considers stake.