July 15, 2018 Argentina releases mining census, made $1321 million in 2016 Over 1,500 mining companies were operating in the South American country in 2016.
July 13, 2018 Miramont expands Peruvian project but can’t drill just yet The Canadian miner plans to acquire the rights to the Milenos 32 concession adjacent to its Cerro Hermoso project in Peru.
July 13, 2018 Pain for aluminium shorts as LME gets squeezed again: Andy Home The London Metal Exchange aluminium price has on Friday morning touched $2,021.50 per tonne.
July 13, 2018 Trade war sends commodities to biggest drop in 5 months China, the biggest consumer of everything from copper to coal, has warned that the proliferation of tariffs could cause a global recession.
July 13, 2018 Copper trains ransacked by ‘moles’ in full-moon desert heists Thieves leap from trucks onto trains as they roll through Chile’s Atacama Desert, before throwing 80-kilo slabs of copper to the ground and disappearing.
July 13, 2018 SolGold intersects copper, gold at flagship project in Ecuador Company believes its Cascabel copper-gold project, 180 km north of the capital Quito, may become one of the largest copper-gold porphyry systems ever discovered.
July 13, 2018 Reduced head count, capex spending biggest contributor to mine efficiency mid-decade: McKinsey To stay productive, McKinsey warns that miners must maintain fiscal discipline.
July 13, 2018 Antofagasta sells electricity transmission business for $117m Chile-focused miner said proceeds from the sale would enable it to focus on its core activity of producing copper.
July 12, 2018 BHP makes contract offer to union at Escondida mine in Chile Labor talks at Escondida are in the final stretch before a 30-month contract expires at the end of July.
July 12, 2018 Glencore shareholders mull suing firm over corruption, bribery probes They claim mounting investigations into the firm’s dealings in the DRC, where it’s heavily invested, has made the stock collapse and investors may seek compensation for the losses caused by…
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