October 4, 2021

BHP discussing Congo copper deal in shift of strategy

The miner is in early discussions with billionaire Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines to buy into the Western Foreland project.

October 4, 2021

Great Southern Copper aims to list on LSE

Earlier reports from London have GSC looking to raise £3.5 million from the IPO.

October 4, 2021

Aurubis to offer a $123 per tonne copper premium for 2022

An Aurubis spokesperson told that reasons for the increase included strong demand for copper which is expected to continue.

October 4, 2021

Chile’s top miners see copper production fall in August

BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, saw production drop 14% year-on-year.

October 4, 2021

Las Bambas standoff tests Castillo’s mining reform pledges

Peru's new socialist government swept to power pledging to strike a new deal with the copper mining sector to redistribute profits to Andean communities.

October 1, 2021

Yamana Gold founder talks ‘generational’ mines

Of Yamana’s five operating mines, three are generational: Canadian Malartic, Jacobina and El Penon.

September 30, 2021

Peru minister partly blames MMG for Las Bambas unrest, sees solution in train line

Castillo's administration is also seeking to renegotiate the country's most important energy contract.

September 30, 2021

Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula concentrator beating design throughput target

The facility is exceeding designed throughput rates, treating 320,000 tonnes of ore in the month ending Sept. 20.

September 30, 2021

Copper price down on Fed taper talk

A key focus of financial markets in the third quarter has been talks of policy tightening in the United States, which also boosted the dollar.

September 30, 2021

Zambia’s Konkola liquidator arrested, calls money-laundering charges “baseless”

Milingo Lungu, has been charged with laundering more than $2 million.