May 31, 2019

Production stalled at Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines

Vedanta is fighting Zambia's decision this month to name a provisional liquidator to run Vedanta Resources' 90,000 tonnes KCM business.

May 30, 2019

Copper market faces larger shortages, supply issues simmer

Benchmark copper prices on the London Metal Exchange, trading at around $5,850 a tonne, have tumbled nearly 9% this month.

May 30, 2019

SolGold’s shares crater on possible mining referendum in Ecuador

Investors worry a referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located, could jeopardize the mine's future.

May 30, 2019

Chile’s Codelco Q1 copper production tumbles 18% y/y

Chilean copper giant Codelco produced 342,000 tonnes of copper from its mines in the first quarter of 2019.

May 30, 2019

Zambia says Konkola mines case a “warning” to foreign investors

Zambia says its decision to punish miner Vedanta's local operation for breaching environmental and financial regulations is a signal to other firms to follow the law.

May 29, 2019

Zambia turns up the nationalist heat on its copper miners — opinion

President Edgar Lungu has swiftly followed through on his threat with a move to liquidate Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the local operating unit of India's Vedanta and one of the…

May 29, 2019

Vedanta’s KCM unit said to attract Kazakh, Chinese interest

Eurasian Resources Group and China Non-Ferrous Metals Co. expressed interest in buying Konkola Copper Mines, should the Zambian government succeed in seizing it from Vedanta.

May 27, 2019

Kutcho Copper raises C$2m for BC project

The Vancouver-based miner intends to use the proceeds for its Kutcho copper-zinc project in northern BC.

May 27, 2019

Nicola Mining takes another look at New Craigmont’s potential

The company plans to advance its New Craigmont copper property with a diamond drilling program this year.

May 27, 2019

Codelco chief criticizes low productivity, regulatory hurdles in Chile

Codelco Chief Executive Nelson Pizarro said in a presentation on Friday that regulatory hurdles were only adding to problems that have long plagued Chile's mines.