June 16, 2021 Serbia to become Europe’s no. 2 copper producer thanks to Cukaru Peki mine Zijin Mining's mine will have an initial average copper output of 91,000 tonnes a year, before reaching a peak of 135,000.
June 16, 2021 Sierra Metals granted key permit for Peruvian expansion It allows the company to boost throughput by 20% to 3,600 tonnes/day at its flagship Yauricocha copper mine.
June 16, 2021 China to release copper, aluminium and zinc reserves to stabilize prices Notice came as Beijing struggles to cool a surge in metal prices this year fuelled by a post-pandemic economic recovery, ample global liquidity and speculative buying that has dented manufacturers’…
June 15, 2021 Canada, EU in raw materials pact to cut China reliance “We as Europeans want to diversify our imports away from producers like China because we want more sustainability, less environmental damage and we want transparency on raw materials.”
June 14, 2021 Copper price crashes 5% on talk China will release strategic reserves Beijing may dump state metal stocks on overheating markets and is cracking down on speculation as producer inflation hits 12-year high.
June 14, 2021 Teck Resources on track to double copper output by 2023 The company has a growth initiative in place at each of its core copper operations comprising four operating mines.
June 11, 2021 BHP dodges copper strike in Chile with eleventh-hour wage deal The deal will ease concerns over a potential stoppage that would have further tightened global supplies of the metal.
June 11, 2021 China May copper output down m/m, lead production up China's major copper smelters reduced output by 4.34% in May from a month earlier to 765,100 tonnes as several of them carried out maintenance.
June 11, 2021 Peru copper output at risk as leftist Castillo leads in presidential election With 99.6% of the ballots counted, the candidate that wants up to 70% of miners' profits emerges as the yet-to-be-declared President elect.
June 10, 2021 ‘People have awakened’: Peru’s Castillo closes in on election win Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am