January 4, 2012

Canada’s Inmet Mining can go ahead with its Cobre Panama copper project

Canada's Inmet Mining (TSX:IMN) reached a milestone after the government of Panama approved the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) for its Cobre Panama copper project.

January 4, 2012

Exploration boosted by China’s $89m base metals deal

CHINESE trader Guangdong Guangxin Holdings has signed an $89 million deal to boost its interests in Australian base metals by buying a quarter of the Mineral Hill copper and goldmine…

January 3, 2012

Imperial Metals Corporation: Huckleberry Mine expansion approved

Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) reports permit amendments for Huckleberry mine have been received. The board of directors of Huckleberry Mines Ltd. (HML) has formally approved the Main Zone Optimization (MZO)…

January 3, 2012

Dr. Copper heading back to school

January 2, 2012

Widespread metal theft a sign of ‘moral collapse’

Al Jazeera reports that metal theft in England is widespread, and a British railway authority says that metal theft has cost them milllions.

January 2, 2012

Chile’s Codelco files documents to exercise US$6 billion Anglo option

Chile's state copper company Codelco, the world's top producer, announced today that it has used its rights to exercise its disputed option to buy a 49 percent stake in global…

January 2, 2012

Grasberg copper-gold mine workers’ return to work delayed again

According to a senior union official, workers at Freeport's huge Indonesian copper-gold mining unit have delayed their return to work again and may now restart work Tuesday

January 2, 2012

U.S. conflict mineral crackdown backfiring in the DRC – UN

According to a United Nations report, a U.S. attempt to halt the sale of so-called "conflict minerals" has actually pushed trade deeper into the hands of criminals.

January 2, 2012

OZ Minerals’ insurance claim for derailment loss may face complication over pollution

OZ Minerals may recoup through insurance some of the losses from the up to 1200 tonnes of copper concentrate that disappeared into the Northern Territory's Edith River last week after…

January 1, 2012

African Metals says startup of processing plant in DRC delays by weather, unrest

The assembly of an African Metals Corp. (TSXV:AFR) processing plant at its Luisha South copper-cobalt project in Congo is now expected to be completed in January following delays caused by…