June 23, 2019 Workers at Chile’s Chuquicamata copper mine vote to continue strike The unions went on strike eight days earlier after initial negotiations over a new collective labor contract failed.
June 21, 2019 Chile’s Codelco has already lost $17.5 million on Chuquicamata strike Lost production in the first week of the labour action amounts to about 3,500 tonnes of copper.
June 21, 2019 SolGold shares soar after Ecuador court dismisses call for referendum on mining The country's Constitutional Court has rejected calls for a referendum, which could have halted the miner's flagship Cascabel and other projects.
June 20, 2019 Zambia to choose buyer for Vedanta unit in July, Lungu says The company is also considering whether to appeal a decision earlier on Thursday to reject Vedanta’s request to be joined to the liquidation proceedings.
June 20, 2019 Ero Copper intersects highest grade to date at Vermelhos; stock jumps 7% Eros Copper Corp is focused on copper production in the Vale do Curaca Property in Brazil where it has been operating for 39 years.
June 20, 2019 Taseko’s Florence mine reaches commercial grade leach solution The goal is to have the project shovel ready in the first half of 2020 followed by commercial production in 2021.
June 19, 2019 Northern Dynasty funds next steps at Pebble project When the preliminary economic assessment was delivered in 2011, the cost of the Pebble project was estimated at US$5.76 billion.
June 19, 2019 Zambian president expects to find buyer for Vedanta unit by July The government received expressions of interest for the unit, Konkola Copper Mines, from companies based in Turkey, Russia, India, Canada and China.
June 19, 2019 Congo deploys army to protect China Moly’s copper mine from illegal miners The Tenke Fungurume mine is one of the largest in Democratic Republic of Congo, which is Africa's leading copper producer and the world's top miner of cobalt.
June 19, 2019 The capital projects comeback Capital projects were overshadowed when investors turned their attention to other markets. That's all changing.
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