November 30, 2020 Peru new mining minister vows to streamline permitting Jaime Galvez aims to reduce the current consultation period during the exploration phase to six months, down from about 12 months it currently takes.
November 30, 2020 Field narrows for Rio Tinto’s top job Some major mining executives have ruled themselves out, and there is not a long list of acceptable candidates.
November 30, 2020 US fund threatens Rio with legal action over Oyu Tolgoi Pentwater Capital has joined the dispute over how to finance the underground copper project in Mongolia, with an "oppression" order warning.
November 29, 2020 Inflation fear and green hope drive investors into copper The copper market is experiencing a wave of investor interest it hasn’t seen for a decade.
November 27, 2020 Candelaria workers union accepts Lundin’s new agreement "The strike is effectively over," a Lundin spokesman said.
November 27, 2020 Copper price surges as demand hopes build On the Comex market, copper for delivery in December gained 2.85% to $3.4040 a pound ($7,488 a tonne) by mid-afternoon in New York.
November 27, 2020 Miners, smelters still divided on copper processing charges The first settlement between a major copper miner and a Chinese smelter serves as the benchmark for the year ahead.
November 27, 2020 Vedanta continues search for worker trapped at Gamsberg The mine shutdown helped push prices for zinc to an 18-month high last week.
November 27, 2020 Hong Kong is the real loser from new China copper contract HKEx will now have to watch from the sidelines as Shanghai, not Hong Kong, becomes the copper connector between mainland and international markets.
November 27, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week US denies permit for Alaska Pebble mine; Teck increases steelmaking coal sales to China; Coal miners call on Trump to move on
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
