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).
May 6, 2019 Minnesota environmentalists step up fight against Twin Metals’ copper project Coalition has gone to court challenging a Trump administration’s decision that opened the door to Twin Metals’ copper, nickel and platinum project in a wilderness area of Minnesota.
May 6, 2019 Codelco not giving away gold watches anymore For decades, the National Copper Corporation gave away expensive gold watches to workers that have been with the company for over 30 years.
May 5, 2019 Community around MMG’s Las Bambas mine holding its breath The Nueva Fuerabamba community is pushing for laws that decriminalize their protests.
May 5, 2019 Zambia’s finance minister says tax reforms needed to cut debt The proposed tax change in Africa's second biggest copper producing nation has upset the mining community.
May 3, 2019 Miner Boliden Q1 core profit tops forecasts Operating profit fell to 2.05 billion Swedish crowns from 2.72 billion a year earlier, beating the 1.99 billion seen by analysts in a Reuters poll.
May 3, 2019 Miners in Congo face subcontracting limits under new rules The new mining code that Congo passed last year confirmed that subcontracting in the mining industry will be limited to companies of which the majority of capital is held by…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
