December 16, 2021 Freeport, China smelters agree higher copper treatment charges for 2022 The 2022 charges are 9.2% higher than this year's benchmark.
December 16, 2021 Peru PM says state of emergency would be ‘last resort’ as Las Bambas stops operations Under a state of emergency, civil liberties are suspended.
December 16, 2021 Rio Tinto appoints first female president for Diavik diamond mine Angela Bigg, previously general manager, operations, will be the first female to lead the mine and its 1,100 employees.
December 16, 2021 MMG shuts down Las Bambas copper mine as talks fail The company will stop production from Dec. 18 after failing to reach an agreement with the Peruvian community blocking a transport road to the mine.
December 14, 2021 Fortescue to study development of Gabon iron ore mine The Belinga iron ore project, located in the northeast of Gabon, has been progressively assessed by Fortescue since 2018.
December 14, 2021 Blockchain could answer big supply chain questions, says BHP "In two separate trials, we’ve used blockchain to exchange data and documents digitally, improving efficiency and transparency and reducing bureaucracy, risk and red tape," says BHP chief commercial officer.
December 14, 2021 Peru meeting to defuse Las Bambas standoff flops as mine shutdown looms The meeting on Tuesday had been proposed by the government as a last-minute bid to avoid a temporary shutdown at Las Bambas.
December 14, 2021 Chile’s Supreme Court orders new evaluation of Norte Abierto project The dispute involves the potential impacts of the mine project on a nearby indigenous community.
December 14, 2021 BHP, China Minmetals use MineHub’s blockchain platform for copper concentrate transaction In 2020, BHP completed the first iron ore blockchain transaction, but this was the first transaction of its kind for copper concentrates.
December 14, 2021 Antofagasta plans 20% increase in copper output by 2026 Five-year production could reach around 900,000 tonnes of copper by 2026 if the second concentrator at its Centinela mine in Chile is approved.
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
