March 13, 2024

Northisle’s new gold resource may boost Vancouver Island project’s economics

Northwest Expo holds 40.3 million indicated tonnes grading 0.1% copper and 0.7 g/t gold for 100 million lb. copper and 871,000 oz. of gold.

March 13, 2024

Copper price soars to 7-month high on China’s plans to cut output

China's biggest copper smelters have agreed to a symbolic cut in loss-making production, without specifying volumes and timing.

March 13, 2024

China’s copper smelters vow capacity controls after fees plunge

Executives from 19 smelters have agreed to re-arrange maintenance work, reduce runs and delay the startup of new projects.

March 13, 2024

China’s top copper smelters agree on rare joint production cuts

Copper price on the Shanghai Futures Exchange hit a 22-month high following the news.

March 13, 2024

Marubeni to invest in Hudbay’s exploration activities

The agreement would allow Hudbay to explore Flin Flon land package to potentially bring another mine into production.

March 12, 2024

Barrick CEO Bristow drives another U-turn in a remote land

The second-biggest gold miner this month poured its first gold in Papua New Guinea in nearly four years.

March 12, 2024

Pampa drills long copper interval at Piuquenes in Argentina

In November, Pampa said it had entered into an option and joint venture agreement to acquire an 80% interest in the project.

March 11, 2024

China’s big policy meet offers little to excite commodity bulls

The National People’s Congress failed to deliver gains in the prices of key commodities like iron ore and copper.

March 11, 2024

China Copper seeks to acquire overseas mines amid tight supply, chairman says

A lack of rich copper resources at home has driven Chinese companies to hunt elsewhere.

March 10, 2024

Global copper smelters less active in first two months of 2024

An average of 11.5% of copper smelter capacity monitored by Earth-i was inactive during January and February.