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Copper rally could prompt Mount Polley restart

If copper prices remained around $2.90 per pound, that could make it economic for mothballed copper mines in British Columbia to restart.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | September 28, 2020 | 2:10 pm

Lundin reports interruption to operations at Chapada

Company has withdrawn its 2020 production, cash cost and capital…

Northern Miner Staff | September 28, 2020 | 11:52 am

Trigon expands resources at Namibia copper project

Resources at the Kombat copper project in Namibia have increased…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2020 | 10:10 am

Zambia chamber of mines says double taxation hurting investment

Mining companies are being taxed on income that has already…

Reuters | September 28, 2020 | 8:51 am

Brazil’s hidden treasures

Country still takes baby steps when it comes to research…

Bruno Venditti | September 28, 2020 | 8:43 am

Rio board to debate CEO’s future as pressure mounts over blasts

Rio Tinto faces mounting pressure to respond more strongly to the destruction of ancient Aboriginal heritage sites in Australia.

Bloomberg News | September 9, 2020 | 7:00 am

Definitive feasibility study for Kakula confirms giant mine

Latest studies on Ivanhoe and Zijin’s Kamoa-Kakula project in the DRC show the asset could become the world’s second largest copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2020 | 4:01 pm

Copper price drops despite 65% surge in China imports

Copper price dips below $3.00 as Shanghai–London arbitrage window shuts.

Frik Els | September 8, 2020 | 12:39 pm

Solaris signs IBA for Warintza in Ecuador

Company has signed an Impacts and Benefits Agreement with the Shuar communities of Warints and Yawi, its indigenous partners, for the copper project.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 8, 2020 | 11:47 am

Newcrest buys royalty on Red Chris South

The project is located immediately south of the Red Chris mine, which is viewed by the company as a potential tier 1 asset.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 8, 2020 | 9:44 am

Nova Royalty to profit from Rio Tinto’s Janice Lake project

The Canadian company has acquired a 1% net smelter return royalty on the Janice Lake copper-silver project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2020 | 9:21 am

Funds collide with fundamentals in red hot copper cauldron

Funds are riding a wave of Chinese buying that has confounded the market and seen LME copper rise from its March low of $4,371 per tonne to a two-year high of $6,830.

Andy Home - Reuters | September 8, 2020 | 8:31 am

Mining ‘green metals’ may increase pressure on key biodiversity areas – study

Researchers found that mining metals for a clean energy transition creates further pressure on the biodiversity located in mineral-rich landscapes.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 8, 2020 | 6:30 am

World’s biggest copper supplier saw sales slump last month

Chile reported copper shipments of $2.76 billion for August, an 11% drop from July.

Bloomberg News | September 7, 2020 | 9:39 am

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Copper rally could prompt Mount Polley restart

Lundin reports interruption to operations at Chapada

Trigon expands resources at Namibia copper project

Zambia chamber of mines says double taxation hurting investment

Brazil’s hidden treasures

Rio board to debate CEO’s future as pressure mounts over blasts

Definitive feasibility study for Kakula confirms giant mine

Copper price drops despite 65% surge in China imports

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