September 29, 2021

‘Very tight’ copper belies market turmoil, industry leader says

Prices for the bellwether commodity this year will average more than $4 a pound, said Diego Hernandez, head of Chilean mining society Sonami.

September 29, 2021

Botswana sells troubled state-owned mine to Canada’s Premium Nickel Resources

PNR was awarded an exclusive right to undertake six months of due diligence on BCL, placed under liquidation in 2016.

September 29, 2021

Copper price falls on China power squeeze worries

Copper prices will average more than $4 a pound this year, says Diego Hernandez, head of Chilean mining society.

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.