Copper Top Stories

Power Ore creates 3D model of former Perry mine at Opemiska

The mine produced about 9 million tonnes of ore at grades of 2.16% copper and 0.14 g/t gold.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2019 | 3:26 pm

Hudbay Q3 results on track to meet 2019 guidance

Company wide Q3 copper production came in at 36,422 tonnes…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2019 | 3:06 pm

Vale outlook cut implies at least 14.7% sales drop in 2019

The outlook change is due to "greater visibility on sales…

Reuters | November 11, 2019 | 9:19 am

Funds are starting to turn more bullish on copper

Whisper it softly, but there are the very first signs…

Reuters | November 11, 2019 | 8:58 am

Orvana Minerals to suspend operations at Los Tojas in Bolivia, stock down

The Canadian miner said operations at Elle Valle in Spain…

Mining.com editor | November 8, 2019 | 3:03 pm

Zambia scraps plans to build giant copper mine in national park

Decision comes only a week after the country’s High Court gave Australia’s Mwembeshi Resources a license to build its Kangaluwi copper project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 6, 2019 | 9:22 am

Mining tycoons lose challenge to UK bribery investigation

UK judge ruling bolsters the Serious Fraud Office in one of its longest-running and most sensitive investigations

Bloomberg News | November 5, 2019 | 8:53 am

Camino intensifies fieldwork at Chapitos project in Peru

The Edmonton-based company is now focusing on the Atajo zone.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 5, 2019 | 6:15 am

Codelco awards tender for desalination plant to Japan’s Marubeni

Codelco said that it expected work on the plant to kick off in the first quarter of 2020 and for the plant to be operational in 2022.

Reuters | November 4, 2019 | 7:20 am

China’s Zijin buys Freeport’s copper-gold assets in Serbia for up to $390 million

The move continues a recent acquisition spree for Zijin and strengthens its foothold in the Balkans.

Reuters | November 4, 2019 | 7:13 am

Antofagasta cuts expected copper output further due to Chile’s protests

While its four local mines are back in operation, the company has doubled it expected production loss for 2019 to about 10,000 tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 4, 2019 | 7:08 am

The copper market is so bleak miners are turning to the gospel

The mood is a reversal from a year ago, as demand for most metals suffers due to the US-China trade war.

Bloomberg News | October 31, 2019 | 9:06 am

A tenth of the world’s tailing dams have had stability issues

This is one of the conclusions from a global inquiry launched after the collapse of a dam in Brazil that killed hundreds.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2019 | 2:56 am

Mining’s unlikely heroines – Greta Thunberg and AOC

Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret and glaring blind spot of Green New Deal evangelists and zero-carbon climate warriors

Frik Els | October 30, 2019 | 12:54 pm

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