January 8, 2019 Chile’s copper production to exceed 6 million tonnes for first time in 2019 Production of the red metal, the agency says, could reach a record of 7.25 million tonnes as early as 2025.
January 7, 2019 Canada’s Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition Cobalt 27 will put in about $9 million into a share of production at Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium's Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia.
January 7, 2019 Vancouver junior Auryn gets positive results from Peruvian copper-gold project According to the company, the copper-gold skarn mineralization at its Sombrero project has geological similarities to Glencore’s Tintaya mine and MMG’s Las Bambas mine.
January 7, 2019 Pancontinental starts drilling Ontario nickel-cobalt-copper project Pancon revealed that its objective for the initial phase of Montcalm’s program is to drill at least 4,500 metres to test a series of new conductor targets identified in 2018.
January 6, 2019 Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline Government has delayed the release of provisional results from last week’s presidential election as criticism of the country’s handling of the vote grew.
January 6, 2019 Global copper market under supplied, demand on the rise — report But over the long term, the global copper deficit is expected to shrink, and the market will shift to oversupply.
January 6, 2019 Ecuador’s rising opposition to mining may thwart exploration boom As mining projects face headwinds from rising tensions, investors' courage will be tested, says Fitch Solutions Macro Research, which could hinder Ecuador’s plan to attract $4 billion to the sector…
January 5, 2019 Zambia Vedanta unit halts operations at underground mine on tax concerns Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), majority owned by Vedanta, suspended operations at its Nchanga mine following the introduction of an import duty on copper concentrates, the company said.
January 4, 2019 Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.
January 4, 2019 The mining world watches as Congo counts votes for next leader The Democratic Republic of Congo is in uncharted waters as the nation awaits election results marking the end of President Joseph Kabila’s rule.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
