December 13, 2019 First Quantum launches arbitration against Zambian state miner Moves tries to resolve a dispute over a money transfer from Kansanshi Mining to parent company First Quantum.
December 13, 2019 BHP’s transformation boss to leave as part of internal overhaul Jonathan Price is the second major exit announced this week and is part of BHP’s strategy to shift certain responsibilities away from the executive team.
December 12, 2019 Copper price jumps to 7-month high on Trump trade deal Bloomberg is reporting US president Trump has signed off on a phase-one deal with China.
December 12, 2019 CEO says Barrick has plenty of financial firepower to do deals Some day those might include a merger with Freeport-McMoRan.
December 12, 2019 Rio Tinto scores big win in Mongolia The country’s parliament has approved a resolution that reconfirms the validity of all the Oyu Tolgoi mine-related agreements.
December 11, 2019 Jiangxi Copper gets $213 million loan from parent after stake buy The support from controlling shareholder Jiangxi Copper Corp comes after the state-run company said this week it would pay $1.1 billion for an 18% stake in Canadian miner First Quantum…
December 11, 2019 Bougainville independence could revive one of world’s biggest copper mines Panguna has an estimated 5.3 million tones of copper and 19.3 million ounces of gold, which would make the reserves worth about $60 billion at today’s prices.
December 11, 2019 China is redrawing the global copper scrap map Less than three years after China told the World Trade Organization it was going to ban imports of "solid waste," it is close to doing just that.
December 11, 2019 Chile: Uncertainty hits the stalwart of Latin American mining Social turmoil returns to the streets of Santiago after 30 years of calm.
December 11, 2019 Pan American outlines initial resource for La Colorada skarn The La Colorada Skarn deposit hosts an inferred resource of 72.5 million tonnes grading 44 g/t silver, 0.17% copper, 2.02% lead and 4.4% zinc.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
