July 3, 2020 Rio Tinto cuts reserves at Oyu Tolgoi as costs rise Rio also narrowed its estimated first production from its mine to between October 2022 and June 2023.
July 3, 2020 Moon richer in metals than previously thought — NASA Scientists found the lunar subsurface contains higher concentration of iron and titanium than estimated.
July 3, 2020 Camino completes option agreement on Los Chapitos Camino has legal title to 39 claims totaling 22,500 hectares covering its copper discovery in Peru.
July 2, 2020 Chile keeps output steady in May even as coronavirus explodes Production at Codelco rose 3% year-on-year to 144,200 tonnes.
July 2, 2020 A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year at $6,015 per tonne, up a whopping 38% from March lows.
July 2, 2020 Metals X to sell copper assets as shareholder fight leads to cash crunch The assets include the Paterson exploration project, Nifty copper operation and Maroochydore copper project.
July 2, 2020 Codelco says more pandemic restrictions would be ‘catastrophic’ The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis.
July 2, 2020 Greatland Gold wins ballot for exploration licence in Western Australia The win means that Greatland’s application for the license has priority and will be processed ahead of other competing applications.
July 1, 2020 BHP’s Cerro Colorado to scale down operations Cerro Colorado produced 71,700 tonnes of copper in 2019.
July 1, 2020 Peru mining activity falls in May for third straight month The national INEI statistics agency said May copper output fell by 42.2%, while gold was down 65.1%.
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
