March 15, 2022 Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru Operations at the massive copper mine have been suspended since Feb. 28 after protestors cut water access and blocked a key railroad.
March 15, 2022 London Metal Exchange to resume nickel trading on March 16 All deliveries against nickel contracts will be deferred an extra week, while the nickel price will have a 5% daily fluctuation limit.
March 14, 2022 Copper price falls on demand concerns in China "Market sentiment is bearish as supplies are starting to ramp up."
March 14, 2022 Rio Tinto goes after Turquoise Hill in $2.7 billion bid Buying the remaining 49% of the Canadian miner would give Rio control of the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, its most important growth project.
March 11, 2022 As EV demand rises, Biden officials warm to new mines Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and other officials speaking at this week's CERAWeek conference said the need to domestically produce more metals is rising.
March 11, 2022 GRAPH: Copper price has far to fall as Chinese growth tumbles Copper prices near records can't stay aloft as growth in China slumps to just 2.5% in 2022, argues new report.
March 11, 2022 This 36-year-old is leading Latin America to a green revolution Gabriel Boric is in the vanguard of a new awareness across Latin America of climate change and its link to inequality.
March 11, 2022 Mining, inflation and migration: Chile’s Boric faces full in-tray Gabriel Boric, a 36-year-old former student protest leader and lawmaker, has pledged to shake Chile's market-led economic model
March 10, 2022 Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama Chile's environmental regulator has fined Escondida $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction.
March 10, 2022 Codelco board chairman resigns shortly before his term ends Juan Benavides held the position at the world's largest copper producing company since being appointed in May 2018.
EU said to allow telecoms copper switch-off delay to 2035 The move would give national governments discretion to set their own copper phase-out timelines based on local market conditions, network readiness and consumer impact. January 15, 2026 | 10:54 am
