December 23, 2013 Chile injects an extra $1bn in largest copper miner Codelco Additional financing aims to help the world’s No. 1 copper producer move forward with its decisive investment plans.
December 23, 2013 Troubled Baja’s mine sees another day, firm faces delisting from TSX Analysts said Baja is done.
December 23, 2013 Rio considers dumping stake in Pebble mine’s owner Northern Dynasty Through a subsidiary, Rio owns 19% of Northern Dynasty, making it the largest single investor.
December 23, 2013 Illegal mining is Latin America’s new cocaine Once confined to Peru and Colombia, the shady business has spread out to neighbouring countries and is generating up to five times more revenue than drug trafficking.
December 22, 2013 Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine strike over 800 striking workers at the giant copper mine in Chile returned to work on Saturday.
December 22, 2013 Can Ontario unlock the mineral riches of the ‘Ring of Fire’ The mineral-rich area in remote Northwestern Ontario known as the ‘Ring of Fire’ has recently received a great deal of attention from the Ontario Provincial and Canadian Federal governments.
December 20, 2013 Peru’s $1bn Tia Maria copper mine gets social license, to restart mining soon Work is likely to restart within the next 90 days, a top government official said following a public meeting with local residents.
December 19, 2013 Glencore Xstrata raises stake in Africa’s copper belt The miner and commodities trading giant acquired an additional 14.5% interest in Mutanda, a copper mine in the province of Katanga, Congo.
December 18, 2013 Survey: 72% of miners see the global economy improving Confidence levels in the sector have improved dramatically over the last 12 months, reaching a two-year high.
December 18, 2013 Surprise resignations from Barrick board The company announced on Tuesday that long-time directors Donald Carty and Robert Franklin had resigned with immediate effect.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am