October 20, 2017 Shares in Quebec junior surge on Michigan reserves update Highland Copper jumps 18% after announcing a 46% increase in resources at its Copperwood copper and silver project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
October 20, 2017 New tool helps industry collect and share geoscience data PDAC gearing up to launch Exploration Assessment Digital Data Formats guidelines, a practice expected to improve Canadian mine exploration discovery rates.
October 20, 2017 Southern Copper to resume Tia Maria project in Peru as permit imminent Peruvian government is expected to issue a long-awaited construction permit for the mine in the first quarter of 2018.
October 20, 2017 Acacia Mining takes further revenue hit, reviews Barrick-Tanzania deal Chief Financial Officer Andrew Wray said the company doesn't even have the ability to make the upfront $300 million payment Barrick has promised to the government of Tanzania as part…
October 19, 2017 Canadian company announces plan to open cobalt mine, refinery in east Idaho Total initial capital cost is estimated at $187 million with additional sustaining, reclamation and closure costs of $101M totaling $288 million.
October 19, 2017 Barrick to give Tanzania stake in mines, $300 million to end dispute The deal does not mean Tanzania will immediately lift the demand for Barrick's subsidiary Acacia Mining to pay $190 billion in allegedly unpaid taxes.
October 18, 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes four new inductees for 2018 Bob Gannicott, Ross Beaty, Terry MacGibbon and Ed Thompson to be honoured at 2018 CMHF annual dinner and induction ceremony.
October 18, 2017 Chile’s Cochilco boosts copper forecast to near $3 per pound in 2018 It expects an average global copper price of $2.95 per pound in 2018, a sharp upward revision from its mid-year estimate of $2.68, due to greater demand in China.
October 17, 2017 BHP’s copper production up sharply, iron ore down Fire shrinks Mt Whaleback iron ore production, but output at world's largest copper mine Escondida in Chile jumps 23%.
October 17, 2017 China’s plan to upgrade its industry by 2025 could increase copper demand by 232,000 tonnes The Chinese government’s Made in China 2025 initiative will have a significant impact on copper demand in China, according to new research commissioned by the International Copper Association.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
