June 12, 2019 Konkola Copper Mines plans to restart smelter on June 22 The Nchanga smelter, near Zambia's border with Democratic Republic of Congo, had been idle pending availability of concentrates.
June 12, 2019 Freeport Indonesia to start smelter construction mid-2020 Freeport agreed to build a copper smelter in Indonesia within five years of closing a deal last December with the Indonesian government on the operatorship of the giant Grasberg copper…
June 11, 2019 The big copper short is back as macro fears return: Andy Home The trade war has returned with a vengeance as copper and other industrial metals come under sustained fund selling pressure.
June 11, 2019 Europe researches, miners work on social licence to operate framework European nations are working on making sure the new wave of resource exploitation applies lessons learned from countries such as Canada and Australia.
June 11, 2019 Vedanta to challenge winding up of Zambian business in court The Zambian government says KCM has breached the terms of its licence.
June 10, 2019 Camino Minerals allowed to expand drilling in southern Peru Expanded drilling at the Chapitos gold-copper project is expected to commence during the latter half of 2019.
June 10, 2019 New Energy to acquire project near Codelco’s and BHP’s mines in Chile The project is located along the prolific West Fissure fault system, near the open-pit Escondida mine.
June 10, 2019 DeepGreen closer to ocean mining battery metals after Swiss cash injection The Canadian start-up has secured the bulk of the $150 million it needs to carry out its first feasibility studies.
June 9, 2019 Congo state miner says it paid $263m in tax advances Gecamines rejected allegations that there are discrepancies in its financial statements.
June 9, 2019 Scientists produce gold, silver, copper foams The foams are supposed to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes Copper prices exceed $12,000 a tonne for the first time on record due to mine disruptions and tariffs, despite weak demand in China. December 23, 2025 | 05:39 am
