June 24, 2024 Heavy rains in Chile cause mining tailing overflow A tailings dam belonging to copper miner Las Cenizas in central Chile began overflowing overnight on June 13.
June 24, 2024 Karelian says independent report confirms nickel and copper in Northern Ireland Assessment prepared by an independent consultant confirms the potential for nickel, copper and PGMs at the company's licences.
June 24, 2024 Friedland, McEwen back Power Nickel’s “oversubscribed” $15m funding The exploration junior has amassed $15 million to expand exploration on its 80%-owned NISK project in Quebec.
June 23, 2024 Hedge funds’ bullish copper bets run into China’s slowdown Without western investors buying, all eyes are back on China, and a copper market that several industry insiders say is still the weakest they’ve ever seen it.
June 21, 2024 Copper price slides from record on Chinese stockpiles High prices also weakened manufacturing demand and may see China switch out copper for aluminum.
June 21, 2024 The mad scramble for copper The US Geological Survey reports supply from copper mines in 2023 amounted to only 22 million tonnes. If the copper supply doesn’t grow this year, we are looking at a 6Mt…
June 21, 2024 Codelco working to securing deliveries after cargo train crash A passenger train on a test run by Chile's state rail operator collided with a private cargo train carrying about 1,346 metric tons of copper on Thursday.
June 20, 2024 Vale unveils $3.3 billion plan to boost copper and nickel output The mining giant sees the potential to expand production capacity to about 500,000 tons of copper by 2028 mainly through improvements to its Salobo and Sossego mines in Brazil.
June 20, 2024 China turns to cast-off copper in battle to feed hungry smelters China has ramped up imports of copper scrap as smelters seek alternative raw materials to offset tight supplies of mined ore.
June 20, 2024 Ecuador to approve Mirador copper mine expansion by August — official Mirador has reserves estimated in 3.2 million tonnes of copper and it is one of the country's only two mines in operations.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
