November 3, 2011 State of Alaska files suit to strike down anti-Pebble ordinance The State of Alaska has filed a constitutional challenge in Alaska Superior Court to strike down a municipal ordinance recently enacted by ballot measure in Southwest Alaska's Lake & Peninsula…
November 3, 2011 Newmont’s Conga set to become Peru flashpoint as region vows massive protest Reuters reports leaders in Peru's Cajamarca region demanded on Wednesday that Newmont Mining and partner Buenaventura abandon their $4.8 billion Conga project after talks with the central government broke down.…
November 2, 2011 Rio Tinto boosts driverless truck fleet for use in Pilbara World #2 iron ore miner Rio Tinto has reached a deal with Komatsu to buy 150 driverless truck over the next four years. The new trucks, which will start arriving…
October 30, 2011 In a month of copper strikes, world number 3 Collahuasi’s must count as shortest Reuters reports unionised Chilean workers at Collahuasi, the world's third most productive copper mine, halted production on Saturday in a strike demanding a wage bonus, but were back at work…
October 28, 2011 Peru’s Yanacocha locals keen on water not $4.8 billion gold project Reuters reports Peru's government on Friday brokered the first in a series of talks between townspeople and Newmont Mining in a bid to solve a conflict over water supplies at…
October 28, 2011 Blindsided Anglo looking for poison pill as Chile exercises 33-year old buy option Barely a week after Anglo American announced that the $2.8 billion they splashed on expanding their flagship Los Bronces mine will start to bear fruit before year end, Chile's state-owned…
October 28, 2011 Freeport declares force majeure at Grasberg Ongoing labour unrest at Freeport-McMorran's Grasberg mine in Indonesia has forced the American company to declare force majeure. The announcement made Wednesday effectively allows Freeport to stop shipments from its…
October 27, 2011 De Beers helping ex-workers become wind, abalone farmers, prison wardens and undersea gold miners Mining Weekly reports De Beers is going all out to create 5,000 non-mining jobs in Namaqualand over the next five years as it exits a region on the South African…
October 26, 2011 Nice margin if you can get it: Goldcorp keeps costs between $258 – $551 per oz Vancouver-based Goldcorp on Wednesday reported record third-quarter net income on an adjusted, non-GAAP basis of $459 million or $0.57 per share from $244 million or $0.33 per share in the…
October 26, 2011 Land swap deal approved for huge Arizona copper mine Washington lawmakers yesterday approved a bill to approve a land exchange clearing the way for what would be North America’s largest copper […]
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
