May 8, 2019 Nevada Copper inks $115m deal to construct Pumpkin Hollow Nevada's first copper mine in a decade is set to enter production during the final quarter of this year.
May 8, 2019 Trump bans trade in Iranian metals, ratcheting up tensions The latest order aims to discourage foreign companies and countries that may still be trying to maintain business with Iran.
May 8, 2019 Kinross mulls options to resume long-term operations in Chile The Canadian miner may soon make a decision about returning to long-term production in Chile.
May 7, 2019 Noront chooses Sault Ste. Marie for site of production facility Noront owns or has interests in several projects in Ontario’s Ring of Fire.
May 7, 2019 China-US trade war disrupting metal markets, sparking volatility A swift deterioration in China-US trade talks hit global financial markets this week as investors faced the prospect of an escalation rather than an end to a 10-month-old trade war.
May 7, 2019 Chile copper mine production slides in first quarter – Cochilco Cochilco said world top copper miner Codelco saw output drop 17 percent from the same period in 2018 to 371,000 tonnes.
May 7, 2019 SolGold confident in new major copper-gold find in Ecuador The Australian miner believes that Cascabel and now Porvenir are the first in a long, large and rich string of copper-gold projects it will develop in Ecuador.
May 6, 2019 EnGold extends mineralization at Lac La Hache Sampling has returned gold values of 40.6, 57.6 and 96.1 g/t.
May 6, 2019 Faltering metals get check-up as industry gathers in Hong Kong Base metals have had a shaky start to 2019, with a cautious Q1 advance giving way to an April drop on uncertainty about the global economy.
May 6, 2019 Hong Kong exchange to launch dollar-denominated mini contracts for base metals The new offering comes five years after a similar product fizzled on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).
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