February 19, 2021 Morrison Lake mine plan still stalled, 18 years later British Columbia's environmental assessment office states the mine is at the headwater of the Skeena River, which it’s not, says retired Green Party leader.
February 19, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Copper price keeps soaring as bullish sentiment prevails; Iron ore price retreats on higher steel inventories in China; Gold price dealt ‘fatal blow’ by bond yield rally
February 19, 2021 Copper price keeps soaring as bullish sentiment prevails Citigroup analysts have pinned the global copper deficit at about 500,000 tonnes starting this year.
February 19, 2021 Rio Tinto willing to negotiate Oyu Tolgoi agreement Rio Tinto is open to replacing the underground development agreement with a new deal ratified by parliament, one of the sources said.
February 19, 2021 Barrick to ‘step back’ from Freeport after copper gain Barrick says the window has closed on a potential deal with Freeport-McMoRan.
February 19, 2021 Southern Ecuador’s Cuenca bans large-scale mining More than 80% of the electorate voted this week in favour of the ban, which should not affect existing projects.
February 18, 2021 Copper price blasts to 9-year high on demand optimism Other industrial metals also jumped, with aluminum, nickel, tin and lead all hitting multi year highs.
February 18, 2021 Most miners lag behind in human rights issues — report Ten years after the adoption of United Nations principles, a study shows most miners have yet to step up efforts to improve their human rights record.
February 18, 2021 Rio Tinto still committed to Oyu Tolgoi – CEO CEO Jakob Stausholm said the copper mine expansion would yield a “big win-win” for both the country and the miner.
February 18, 2021 Teck quarterly profit boosted by robust copper business Average realized price for copper jumped about 26% to $3.42 per pound, while sales stood at 80,000 tonnes compared with 75,000 tonnes a year earlier.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
