December 29, 2020

Nevada Copper marks construction milestone at Pumpkin Hollow

The materials handling system would result in a significant increase in hoisting rates.

December 29, 2020

Top five China commodities to eye for growth in 2021

A China-led economic recovery should boost demand for copper, iron ore and gold in 2021 after covid-19 roiled global markets in 2020.

December 28, 2020

US Gold Corp’s shares up on Wyoming project drill results

CK Gold project is an advanced stage gold and copper exploration and development project located near Cheyenne.

December 28, 2020

Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador

Curimining is developing the Curipamba copper-gold project, held by Canada’s Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources.

December 24, 2020

MMG declares force majeure on contracts after protests in Peru

Miner said that transport had been temporarily disrupted due to road blocks by local residents near its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru.

December 24, 2020

Nornickel shutters dirty copper smelter in push to go greener

The facility in Nickel on the Kola Peninsula near the Norwegian and Finnish borders was partly why Norway’s sovereign wealth fund blacklisted the miner a decade ago.

December 23, 2020

Turquoise Hill considers gold streaming, debt funding for Oyu Tolgoi

The streaming transaction would involve "a significant up-front payment" to Oyu Tolgoi, as well as deferred payments based on gold "spot" prices.

December 22, 2020

Codelco reaches advance labor deal at Chuquicamata

The 36-month agreement enters into force on April 1.

December 22, 2020

Production at Las Bambas hit by road blockades

The copper mine, controlled by China's MMG, is "progressively" reducing production due to protests.

December 21, 2020

Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison in Arizona

The in-situ recovery (ISR) operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes in January 2021.