October 17, 2023

Oroco shares rise on PEA for Santo Tomas copper project in Mexico

Over an approximate 20-year mine life, the Santo Tomas project would have total payable copper production (in concentrate) of 4.75 billion lb.

October 16, 2023

Ivanhoe founder Robert Friedland awarded Mongolia’s Order of the Polar Star

Previous recipients of the award include Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

October 16, 2023

US DOI draft study poses further setback for Alaska’s Ambler road project

The US Department of the Interior found that as many as 66 communities whose subsistence-style living activities could be affected.

October 16, 2023

New resource bolsters Rio Tinto-backed Arizona Sonoran’s Cactus copper project

The company has nearly tripled its measured and indicated resource at the Cactus porphyry project.

October 16, 2023

Top miners, academics partner to seek new ways to discover sedimentary copper

Kupferschiefer project aims to revisit archive geological data and reinterpret it using petroleum and mineral system approaches, creating maps of mineral prospective areas within the Central European Basin.

October 16, 2023

Egyptian tycoon eyes stake in Barrick’s Reko Diq project

Egypt's second wealthiest person Naguib Sawiris says the potential investment would allow him to expand his business in Pakistan.

October 15, 2023

Peru’s economy weaker than expected in August, shrinks 0.63% y/y

An increase in mining activity partly offset a drop in sectors like manufacturing.

October 13, 2023

Peru’s copper production up 7.5% in August

Between January and August, copper output in Peru rose 18% compared to the previous year.

October 13, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada rules federal environmental impact law is unconstitutional

Impact Assessment Act enables Ottawa to regulate energy, mining and other project proposals based on effects that fall into federal jurisdiction – such as on Indigenous peoples, birds, fish, and…

October 13, 2023

Miners see value in EU focus on ESG but face red tape hurdles

Compliance with ESG standards is increasingly important to keep commitments from institutional investors such as pension funds.