November 26, 2019 Ecuador to tighten rules for mining waste dams to avoid repeat of Brazil disaster The new rules will take effect in December and will prohibit the building of so-called tailings dams close to populated areas.
November 26, 2019 Friedland says Congo now more attractive than Chile for copper mines While Chile, the world’s top copper producer, seeks measures to quell the social unrest that exploded last month, the election of a new President in Congo has improved the country's…
November 26, 2019 Ivanhoe, Congolese authorities discuss Kamoa-Kakula project Representatives from the Canadian miner met with recently appointed authorities.
November 26, 2019 Glencore’s Mutanda mine in Congo shuts a month early Suspension comes more than a month before the world's biggest cobalt mine was set to go into care and maintenance.
November 25, 2019 Australia’s Metals X suspends operations at Nifty copper mine The company said that the decision to shut Nifty would allow it to focus on its Renison Tin Operations in Tasmania.
November 25, 2019 Explorex acquires historical Bonanza Mountain project The acquisition was made by a combination of staking plus a sale and purchase agreement.
November 21, 2019 Canadian railway strike snags steel, copper trade with US CN Railway serves all nine smelters in Canada.
November 21, 2019 Kutcho Copper recovers 94.5% Cu, 89.3% Zn in met test Earlier metallurgical tests done for the prefeasibility study recovered 84.7% of the copper and 75.7% of the zinc.
November 21, 2019 Copper supply deal signals tightest market since the supercycle Under a new supply deal signed with Freeport-McMoRan, major Chinese smelters have accepted the lowest processing fees to turn mined ore into finished metal seen since 2011.
November 21, 2019 Rio Tinto faces having to renegotiate terms at Oyu Tolgoi The Oyu Tolgoi mine, Mongolia's biggest foreign investment project, has already been subject to delays and ballooning costs.
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