December 1, 2020 Mining supercycle talk back as copper, iron ore prices surge to 7-year highs Goldman Sachs predicts "structural bull market" for commodities similar to 2000s as rising demand, green energy investment combine with chronic undersupply.
December 1, 2020 SolGold delays Alpala pre-feasibility study again The company has had to tweak the mine design and development plan for the project in Ecuador, which has pushed back its already delayed pre-feasibility study to Q1 2021.
December 1, 2020 Rio completes initial work at Zambia copper project The Solwezi licences are adjacent to First Quantum's Kansanshi copper mine.
December 1, 2020 Lundin forecasts 2021 copper production to jump 25% The outlook comes shortly after a collective agreement was made with all unions representing employees at the Candelaria mine who went on strike.
December 1, 2020 Cordoba Minerals resumes work at Alacrán project Alacrán is part of the larger San Matías project in Colombia.
December 1, 2020 Mongolia, Turquoise Hill force Rio Tinto into Oyu Tolgoi review They have set up a special committee to conduct an independent review into the project's cost overruns and delays.
December 1, 2020 Newcrest bets big on Greatland’s Havieron gold-copper project It has also inked a farm-in and JV agreement with Greatland to access the latter’s Black Hills and Paterson Range East exploration licenses in Western Australia.
November 30, 2020 Antofagasta’s Centinela union rejects contract offer, opens door to strike Minera Centinela produced 276,600 tonnes of copper in 2019.
November 30, 2020 First Quantum expands copper reserve base with Argentina project An NI 43-101 report for the Taca Taca project outlined a maiden mineral reserve estimate of 7.7Mt contained copper.
November 30, 2020 Copper Mountain updates mine plan with 65,000 t/d mill expansion The latest study builds on a 45,000 t/d mill expansion that is now underway and expected to start up in the third quarter of next year.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am