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.
December 21, 2020 Global copper output to grow over the next decade – report Fitch Solutions forecasts global copper mine production to increase by an average annual rate of 3.7% over 2021-2029.
December 21, 2020 Lundin’s Chapada back in full production Company withdrew its 2020 guidance for the mine in northern Brazil in September, after a power outage caused damage to all four of the operation’s SAG and ball mill motors.
December 21, 2020 First Quantum names Tristan Pascall COO Long-time president Clive Newall will step back from an executive role but remain as a director.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
