February 5, 2021 Mineração Vale Verde secures $140m for Serrote project in Brazil The Serrote copper-gold project is now fully funded through to production.
February 4, 2021 Northisle tables updated PEA on 22-year mine at North Island in BC Northisle Copper and Gold (TSX: NCX) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on a 22-year, 75,000 t/d open pit development […]
February 4, 2021 KAZ Minerals buyout group lifts bid by 700m pounds But the offer is still likely to draw resistance from minority shareholders who had previously said they would vote against it.
February 4, 2021 Trafigura, Mubadala said to weigh sale of Spanish copper miner The joint owners have been discussing a potential disposal of Minas de Aguas Tenidas, which could be valued at about $2 billion.
February 4, 2021 Proposal to ban big mines put to vote in southern Ecuador The referendum threatens to derail more than 40 concessions seeking to tap gold, silver and copper reserves.
February 4, 2021 Turquoise Hill scores win in funding dispute with Rio Tinto over Mongolia mine It has received temporary relief in the arbitration proceedings against Rio Tinto, which prevents the mining giant from restricting Turquoise's funding talks.
February 3, 2021 US mines produced $82.3 billion in minerals in 2020 – report The principal contributors to metal production were gold (38%), copper (27%), iron ore (15%) and zinc (6%).
February 3, 2021 Freeport names Richard Adkerson chair The board also appointed CFO Kathleen Quirk as president.
February 3, 2021 Canadian miners show resilience amid pandemic They thrived in the last quarter of 2020 as the global industry began bouncing back from the pandemic-induced shutdown, EY’s latest Canadian Mining Eye index shows.
February 3, 2021 Copper price climbs as Citi analyst predicts market deficit in H2 Global copper consumption is forecast to rise 6% to 24.76 million tonnes this year after a 1.3% drop last year.
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