September 29, 2021

Vale rescues all 39 workers trapped in Canadian mine

Vale CEO Eduardo Bartolomeo said an investigation would be launched into what happened.

September 29, 2021

Anglo Asian grows copper footprint in Azerbaijan

The company has been awarded three new concessions, one of which covers a deposit with more than 300,000 tonnes of copper.

September 28, 2021

China copper smelters raise Q4 treatment charge floor ahead of miner talks

The fourth-quarter floor is up 27.3% from $55 per tonne and 5.5 cents a pound in the third quarter.

September 28, 2021

Germ-killing copper to be installed on Toronto and Vancouver transit

Teck Resources' Copper & Heath program installs copper products on buses, subway cars, and streetcars in the Greater Toronto Area as well as buses and SkyTrains in Metro Vancouver.

September 28, 2021

Peru minister says $1.4bn Tia Maria mine a “no go”

Economy and finance minister Pedro Francke said Southern Copper should stop pushing a “socially and politically unfeasible" project.

September 28, 2021

Ero Copper study expands Boa Esperanca mine life, doubles production

The updated feasibility is based on a 93% increase in contained copper in reserves at the project since the initial study.

September 28, 2021

Congo reviews $6.2bn China mining deal as criticism grows

The contract, signed in 2008, promised a $3.2 billion investment by China in a copper/cobalt mine and another $3 billion worth of infrastructure projects.

September 28, 2021

Anglo American resumes field work in Ecuador

Company is now re-engaging with local communities in the Pegasus gold-copper project to start test drilling in the second half of 2022.

September 27, 2021

British Columbia’s biggest mines see three-year revenue erosion

Average revenue fell 26.2% to C$519.5 million in 2020.

September 27, 2021

Cordoba raises $11.8m for Alacran PFS

The Alacran deposit is part of the San Matias development.