July 7, 2021 Chile’s mining royalties bill will hurt investment, jobs – finance minister The bill in its present form could hike taxes on miners by up to 75% depending on the price of copper.
July 7, 2021 Solaris Resources reports high-grade intercepts at Warintza in Ecuador Highlights include 952 m grading 0.53% copper, 0.02% molybdenum, and 0.04 g/t gold.
July 7, 2021 Copper price jumps after China’s auction fetches $10,500 per tonne More sales will be arranged in the near term to ensure market stability, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration said in a statement.
July 7, 2021 China’s state metals reserves auctioned off in double-quick time The first round of China’s much-anticipated state metal reserves auctions needed only one of two days allotted for all the copper and aluminum on offer to be sold.
July 7, 2021 Peru’s Castillo expects mining firms to accept ‘prudent’ tax changes, adviser says "The mining sector isn't close-minded to new revisions of the taxation system, if done with prudence," said Pedro Francke, Castillo's economic adviser.
July 7, 2021 China to sell more metals from reserves to ensure stable prices China is releasing metal from state stockpiles as part of its campaign to restrain prices after factory inflation in May hit its highest level in 13 years.
July 7, 2021 Sandfire granted licence for copper mine in Botswana The 3.2 million tonnes per annum Motheo open pit mine could help Botswana curb its dependence on diamond mining.
July 6, 2021 Ivanhoe already has 162,000 tonnes copper in ore stockpiled Ivanhoe says DRC mine's first 3.8mtpa concentrator is now fully operational and pre-production ore stockpiles reach 3.4m tonnes grading average 4.78% copper.
July 6, 2021 McEwen creates new company to advance Los Azules copper project It was reported last week that the company was in talks to sell a stake in the project.
July 5, 2021 Newcrest reports seismic event at Cadia The seismic event is expected to have no impact to gold or copper production in fiscal year 2022.
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