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.
February 18, 2021 Greatland expands footprint in Australia’s Paterson region It has lodged an application for a new exploration license in the area where is already developing the Havieron gold-copper project with Newcrest.
February 18, 2021 Max Resource’s Cesar project grows to district-scale size The copper-silver project in northeastern Colombia now covers over 2,500 square kilometres, with a cumulative 220-kilometre strike of prospective copper-silver mineralization.
February 17, 2021 Governments from Mongolia to Mali seek to reopen mining deals Any move to renegotiate agreements will trigger pushback by miners wary of threats to their profit margins, experts said.
February 17, 2021 Rio Tinto starts drilling at Janice Lake RTEC drilling at Forum Energy Metals' 100% owned copper-silver project in Saskatchewan.
Gold price surpasses $4,900 as record rally carries on Spot gold rose nearly 2% to set a fresh all-time high of $4,923.63 per ounce. January 22, 2026 | 11:59 am
