January 8, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

What’s next for Rio Tinto’s Arizona copper project?; Cornish Lithium granted rights for offshore exploration; Agnico snaps up Nunavut miner TMAC in $226m deal

January 7, 2021

Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

January 6, 2021

Exploration tax victory for Teck in British Columbia

Teck Resources can claim 100% of its exploration expenses on the Galore Creek mine development.

January 6, 2021

Copper price hits new high as covid cases sweep South America

A second wave of coronavirus infections intensifies in South America, the world's top copper-producing region.

January 6, 2021

What’s next for Rio Tinto’s Arizona copper project?

Donald Trump's outgoing administration plans to approve a land swap on Jan. 15 that Rio Tinto Ltd and partners need to build a copper mine in Arizona.

January 6, 2021

Permit for Aquila Resources’ Back Forty mine denied

Michigan judge ruling revokes the wetlands permit for the Back Forty project in Lake Township, north of Menominee.

January 6, 2021

In blow to Vedanta, Zambian court rules KCM liquidator to stay in post

The government accuses Vedanta of failing to honour licence conditions, including promised investment.

January 6, 2021

Goldman proclaims the dawn of a new commodity supercycle

Goldman’s view is predicated on how the world will recover from the pandemic with an emphasis on a green industrial revolution.

January 6, 2021

Protest blocks $530m worth of copper from Las Bambas

A three-week-long roadblock protest by locals has prevented mine from exporting 189,000 tonnes of copper concentrate.

January 6, 2021

Taseko Mines to move ahead with Arizona copper project

The Florence town council won't appeal the Aquifer protection permit (APP) for the project.