November 27, 2023

How do major copper producers in Arizona navigate water stewardship issues?

The Governor of Arizona last year announced a $1.2 billion, three-year investment in improving water infrastructure.

November 27, 2023

Alaska Energy Metals acquires Angliers-Belleterre nickel-copper project in Quebec

The project was first explored by INCO, the world's largest nickel producer of the 20th century, acquired by Vale in the 1990s.

November 27, 2023

Foran Mining launches $146 million private placement

Proceeds will be used to support the exploration and development of its Saskatchewan-based mineral projects.

November 27, 2023

Ivanhoe to start copper exploration in Angola

The Canadian miner has been granted exploration rights over an area the size of Switzerland for an initial period of five years.

November 27, 2023

First Quantum says two contractors died in Zambia

The Canadian miner has also halted its massive copper mine in Panama as the country's Supreme Court debates whether to cancel the mining contract.

November 26, 2023

First Quantum warns of arbitration as Panama weighs copper contract

Canada's First Quantum Minerals sent two notifications of intent to start an arbitration process against Panama.

November 26, 2023

El Salvador wants humanitarian corridor for truckers stranded in Panama over mining protests

El Salvador is asking the Panamanian government and civil society leaders to allow Salvadoran truckers to return home.

November 26, 2023

Panama copper miners attacked by protesters, union boss says

Protesters attacked workers leaving the Cobre Panama mine early Sunday.

November 24, 2023

Exposing the copper surplus myth

When the International Copper Study Group met last October, it was expecting a market surplus of 155,000 tonnes in 2023. In May, the group changed that to a 114,000-tonne deficit.

November 24, 2023

Study points to mining conflict emerging at future salmon habits along BC-Alaska border

In 25 of the 114 rivers surveyed by the study, more than half of the future salmon habitat would lie within 5 kilometres of a mining claim.