December 26, 2021 Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines Udokan Copper, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's holding firm USM, has joined the UN Global Compact.
December 24, 2021 Codelco requests second arbitration against Ecuador over copper project The Llurimagua project has been the subject of commercial tensions since November 2020.
December 24, 2021 Copper supply in 2022 – eyes on Chile, Peru, DRC Bank of America expects demand to hold firm next year and only sees a surplus in 2023.
December 23, 2021 Mundoro partners with Vale to explore for copper in US Mundoro has a string of projects focused on copper and gold in eastern Europe.
December 23, 2021 McEwen Copper commits to PFS for Los Azules project in Argentina The preliminary economic assessment prepared in 2017 put the after-tax NPV at $2.2 billion (at an 8% discount) and the IRR at 20.1%.
December 23, 2021 New industrial WiFi system to bring 6G technologies to remote, underground mines University of Sydney researchers are developing an industrial long-range WiFi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates.
December 22, 2021 Peru villagers agree to lift blockade at Las Bambas copper mine in short truce The Chumbivilcas communities agreed to suspend their blockade of Las Bambas mine until a Dec. 30 meeting.
December 22, 2021 Generation Mining clinches C$240m stream with Wheaton for Marathon construction A March 2021 feasibility study outlined a 13-year open pit mine at Marathon.
December 22, 2021 Surpluses on the horizon to douse fire under copper prices Mine supply is expected to rise 3.9% to nearly 22 million tonnes next year, according to the International Copper Study Group.
December 22, 2021 Ivanhoe’s Kamoa exceeds annual copper guidance, with over 100,000t YTD Ivanhoe's production guidance for 2021 was set at 92,500-100,000 tonnes.
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M Global Panduro, an entity controlled by US private equity Resource Capital Funds, will acquire the past-producing Las Cruces copper mine. December 24, 2025 | 07:28 am