June 3, 2024 MMG plans to raise $1.16bn to repay debt, fund mine development The Chinese miner is raising funds to support the ongoing development of its operating mines.
June 3, 2024 China to build $1.5 billion copper smelter in Kazakhstan Copper smelter is projected to have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes.
June 3, 2024 Cascadia Minerals stock soars on fund manager financing The private placement is led by Michael Gentile, one of its largest shareholders, who plans to up his stake to 9.99%.
June 3, 2024 New technocrat Mexican leader unlikely pro-mining even as she replaces ‘whim and bombast’ Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to continue the anti-mining policies of outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador.
June 3, 2024 Freeport Indonesia raises output target, awaits new export permit Indonesia banned shipments of all raw minerals from June 2023, but Freeport was given a year-long dispensation.
June 3, 2024 Taseko’s Gibraltar copper mine halted as workers strike More than 500 workers walked off the job over the weekend at the Gibraltar copper mine in central B.C., Canada.
June 2, 2024 New project approval could allow Peru to produce four million tonnes of copper annually — minister The Minister of Energy and Mines, Rómulo Mucho, said Peru's copper production could eventually rival that of neighbouring Chile.
May 31, 2024 China Gold’s Jiama mine in Tibet resumes operations The copper-gold mine was suspended on March 27, 2023, due to a tailings overflow at the Guolanggou dam.
May 31, 2024 Copper leader Chile posts worst monthly output in over a year Mines in Chile produced 6.7% less of the wiring metal in April than in March.
May 31, 2024 Alaska Energy Metals expands footprint in Canada with Québec acquisition US explorer announced its intent to acquire 100% interest in the 3,320-hectare Bambino nickel-copper- platinum group element property.
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