December 19, 2018 Freeport to pay Indonesia $32m for illegal forest use – state auditor The government aims to issue a new mining permit for Grasberg - which requires the environmental permit issues to be settled - before the end of the year.
December 19, 2018 Havilah inks agreement for Australia’s largest undeveloped open pit copper-gold deposit The move brings the company one step closer to being granted a mining lease.
December 18, 2018 Seabridge on trail of large sulphide-bearing intrusion at Iskut All indications point toward a large copper-gold porphyry system.
December 18, 2018 New ramp at BHP’s Olympic Dam doubles capacity The Kalta decline is key to reaching the Southern mine area where BHP is mining high grade copper resources.
December 18, 2018 Copper price falls despite China’s promise of more ‘economic miracles’ Industrial metal prices tumble as President Xi's defiant speech intensifies trade war fears, offer little on economic stimulus or market reforms.
December 18, 2018 Constantine boosts resource at Palmer with second deposit Palmer is a volcanogenic massive sulphide-sulphate joint venture project between Constantine and Dowa Metals and Mining, Constantine owns 51% of the project and is its operator.
December 18, 2018 Global Witness welcomes Canadian regulator ruling on Glencore-controlled company and executives Glencores Katanga Mining has today agreed to pay $22 million to settle allegations by Canadian regulators that it had failed to comply with disclosure requirements,
December 18, 2018 Nigeria’s first gold refinery plans to triple capacity in five years Most ore will be sourced locally from various locations including the northwestern states of Zamfara, Kebbi and Kaduna, as well as the central states of Kwara and Niger.
December 18, 2018 Glencore billionaire among directors banned, fined by Canada The punishment from the OSC is a response to false accounting from Katanga that saw it overstate how much it mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014.
Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February Redwing currently has an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold and is the largest resource base in the group's Zimbabwean portfolio. December 19, 2025 | 07:08 am
