December 27, 2011 Mining – Chile – Teck submits EIA for waste handling center at Quebrada Blanca Vancouver-based Teck (NYSE: TCK) submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Chilean environment ministry's (MMA) evaluation service for a US$1mn project to build a new, integrated waste...
December 27, 2011 Christmas light recyclers learn their tricks from miners The Atlantic profiles Christmas light recyclers, a job that moved to China when the environmental restrictions in the U.S. became too onerous.
December 27, 2011 New partial roasting process to purify contaminated copper and gold concentrates Outotec has come up with two new roasting processes for eliminating impurities from copper and gold concentrates.
December 26, 2011 Metals – Chile – Two Codelco Ventanas executives to be charged over sulfur dioxide leak Two executives from Chilean state copper producer Codelco's Ventanas division will be formally charged by the Quintero district attorney's office regarding their alleged responsibility for a sulfur di...
December 26, 2011 Privatization – Chile – Codelco says agreement with Anglo American looks improbable The chances for a negotiated solution to the conflict between Chilean state copper producer Codelco and London-based Anglo American (LSE: AAL) have faded following the latter's legal action for allege...
December 26, 2011 Metals – Chile – Copper exports fall 5.2 pct in first half of December Chilean copper exports were down 5.2% to US$1.89bn in the first half of December compared with US$1.99bn year-on-year, according to figures compiled by the central bank. Copper accounted for 90.2%...
December 25, 2011 With mining sector in pits, GDP growth to take big hit An unprecedented crackdown on corruption in India's mining industry, led by the Supreme Court and state-level agencies such as Karnataka's Lokayukta, coupled with rigorous enforcement of environmental norms is resulting…
December 25, 2011 Copper traders bullish in two months on demand outlook Copper traders are the most bullish since October as global inventories at a two year low add to signs that demand is improving. Sixteen of 28 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg…
December 23, 2011 Copper order in Mongolia awarded to FLSmidth FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 105m (approximately DKK 600m) from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply a greenfield copper concentrator for a mine…
December 23, 2011 Barcap metals traders lose out to Red Kite Betting that copper prices would rise, Barclays Capital traders lost tens of millions of dollars, sources say, the bank said the losses were not "big" and that there was no…
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
