January 4, 2024

Teck ditches coal, flags lower copper output in Chile

Japan’s Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco now own Teck's prior minority stake in Elk Valley Resources, the steelmaking coal business.

January 4, 2024

Workers at First Quantum’s shuttered Panama mine warn of threat to ‘invade’ site

The miners' union expressed concern about the construction workers' plans to force their way into the mine on Jan. 9.

January 3, 2024

Chile’s copper production down 2.34% in November – Cochilco

Production was down 16% at Codelco, while it jumped 6.3% at Escondida and rose 2.8% in Collahuasi.

January 3, 2024

Barrick sounds out First Quantum holders on possible bid

Chief executive Mark Bristow approached some of First Quantum’s largest investors late last year, according to Bloomberg sources.

January 3, 2024

Ivanhoe ships first copper through Angola via railway

Initial shipment of nearly 1,110 tonnes of Kamoa-Kakula's copper concentrate arrived at the Angolan port in eight days.

January 2, 2024

Condor Resources, Teck team up at Cobreorco copper-gold project in Peru

Teck has a first option to earn a 55% interest over three years, and the two companies will form a joint venture thereafter.

January 2, 2024

AbraSilver farms out La Coipita project in Argentina to Teck

Teck will have the option to acquire an 80% interest in La Coipita by funding cumulative exploration expenditures of $20 million over a five-year period.

January 2, 2024

Copper price rises on positive factory data in China

Factory activity at the world's biggest metals consumer expanded at a quicker pace in December.

January 2, 2024

Vedanta faces investor reckoning over $3.2 billion of bonds

Bondholders have until Jan. 2 to give an early consent on a plan to push out due dates on $3.2 billion in bond repayments.

December 29, 2023

Copper price dips, but heads for yearly rise on healthy Chinese demand

Investors were divided on the outlook for 2024, with bulls highlighting the prospect for further stimulus in top metals consumer China.