September 22, 2019 Chile’s ruling party advocates for exempting mining from glacier regulations Representatives of Chile’s ruling party defended this weekend a government proposal to allow mining companies to operate on rocky glaciers.
September 20, 2019 Pan Pacific sees global copper shortage shrinking in 2020 China's new smelting capacity, meanwhile, will help bolster global output.
September 19, 2019 Peru’s copper output to surge 27% by 2022 — minister Peru is on track to produce 2.5 million tonnes of copper this year.
September 19, 2019 First Quantum Minerals draws takeover interest First Quantum controls the open-pit Kansanshi mine in Zambia, which has 340,000 metric tons of annual copper production capacity.
September 19, 2019 London Metal Exchange to delay ban on tainted metal until 2025 — sources The deadline had been pushed back to 2025 in part because some major producers would not go along with the LME’s original plan.
September 19, 2019 Uganda to invite companies to redevelop former copper mine Once a major copper and cobalt producer, the Kilembe mine is believed to contain 4 million tonnes of ore.
September 19, 2019 SolGold’s projects safe after Ecuador courts rejects mining referendum The Constitutional Court's verdict is considered a victory for companies seeking to exploit some of the world’s largest untapped copper reserves.
September 18, 2019 CHARTS: Mining is riding out US-China trade war There is weakness elsewhere, but China's commodity business model of importing raw material is in fine shape, says new report.
September 18, 2019 Steel and base metals express divergent views on China — opinion Industrial metals have fallen into two very distinct camps over the course of 2019.
September 18, 2019 Ecuador court denies requests for popular approval of mining projects The constitutional court has previously ruled against requests to subject individual mining projects to popular approval, including a request for a community consultation over Australian company SolGold's Cascabel mine.
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