December 16, 2021 Copper price jumps on Fed’s upbeat view The Fed said the US economy would remain resilient despite the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant and pointed to low unemployment figures.
December 16, 2021 IGO to buy Western Areas for A$1.1bn amid soaring nickel demand The cash splurge will boost IGO’s nickel business from a short-life, single asset operation to a multi-asset division.
December 16, 2021 MMG shuts down Las Bambas copper mine as talks fail The company will stop production from Dec. 18 after failing to reach an agreement with the Peruvian community blocking a transport road to the mine.
December 15, 2021 Sleepy copper ETF surges to $1.7 billion assets as EV bets boom The Global X Copper Miners ETF saw a record $196.1 million inflow during Tuesday’s broader selloff on inflation concerns, increasing the fund’s assets 13% to an all-time high.
December 15, 2021 Hudbay releases initial estimate for Copper World, near Rosemont in Arizona The deposit is located near the company’s 100%-owned Rosemont copper project 50 km southeast of Tucson.
December 15, 2021 Peru PM says Las Bambas standoff cannot be sustained for “much longer” Talks continue to stall with a local community while the mine faces a looming shutdown.
December 15, 2021 SolGold reports first resource estimate for Cacharposa deposit in Ecuador Inferred resources add 96.9 million tonnes.
December 15, 2021 Copper price rebounds after Fed decision Chinese fiscal stimulus supports copper price in near term.
December 15, 2021 ‘No deal here’: Peru communities, Hochschild on collision path over mine closures The firm adamant it will not shut Inmaculada and Pallancata mines, while local demand the firm is not granted operation extensions.
December 14, 2021 Peru meeting to defuse Las Bambas standoff flops as mine shutdown looms The meeting on Tuesday had been proposed by the government as a last-minute bid to avoid a temporary shutdown at Las Bambas.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
