April 8, 2016

Top 10 copper producing countries

Peru's output surges, North American producers slip down the rankings and Chinese mines shut down.

April 8, 2016

Nautilus Announces Closing of Rights Offering

Net proceeds from the rights offering will be used by the Company to advance the construction and development of the Company's Seafloor Production System and for general working capital requirements.

April 8, 2016

Malaysia extends bauxite mining ban until July to fight pollution

The issuing of export permits, however, will resume as soon as existing stockpiles shrink.

April 8, 2016

Antofagasta copper veteran Hernandez retires, Arriagada named new CEO

The appointment is effective immediately and Hernandez, who had been CEO since 2014, will remain as an adviser to the board.

April 8, 2016

Lundin biding time to complete mining portfolio with more deals

The company recently offered as much as $262.5 million to buy a stake in Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s Timok copper and gold project in Serbia.

April 7, 2016

Big shot in the arm for Zambia

Glencore's $1.1 billion investment in Mopani marks a turnaround for Zambia’s copper sector and will help lift economic growth to 5% by 2018.

April 7, 2016

Canada unveils final anti-corruption law for the extractive sector

Estimated to cover the nearly 2,000 natural resource companies whose businesses are registered in Canada or trade on Toronto’s stock exchange.

April 7, 2016

Workers at Freeport’s copper mine in Peru to down tools

About $22 billion worth of projects have been cancelled or delayed in Peru in recent years due mainly to anti-mining protests.

April 6, 2016

China’s coming for your copper project

Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company says the "only solution is going overseas".

April 6, 2016

The rights and wrongs of rights issues

Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders